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Speed Reading #3

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
  1. Which event was early evidence that God's hand was upon Richard Allen's life?
a)

He was born in 1760.

b)

He was born to slave parents.

c)

His family was not separated when they were sold.

d)

He learned to read and write.

2.

2.What did Richard's new owner permit his slaves to do?

a)

attend religious meetings

b)

attend school

c)

start their own businesses

d)

build themselves new houses

3.

3 How old was Richard when he got saved?

a)

11

b)

15

c)

17

d)

21

4.

4. What was an imortant result of Richard's devoting life to God?

a)

He became wealthy.

b)

His master got saved.

c)

His parents got saved.

d)

He attended church faithfully.

5.

5. How did Richard become a free man?

a)

He escaped on the Underground Railroad.

b)

The Emancipation Proclamation set him free.

c)

He became a cricuit-riding preacher.

d)

His master allowed him to buy his freedom.

6.

6. No matter what job Richard had, this selection says he always___?

a)

witnessed to others

b)

gave money to missions

c)

attended church faithfully

d)

saved moeny to free other slaves?

7.

7. When Richard became a preacher, how often did he preach?

a)

at least once a day.

b)

at least once a week

c)

three times a week

d)

every weekend

8.

8. Where did Richard stablish his first church?

a)

Boston

b)

New York City

c)

Philadelphia

d)

Baltimore

9.

9. What was distinctive about Bethel Church?

a)

It was begun by a former slave.

b)

It was the first black church in the United States.

c)

It was started in 1787.

d)

It was the only church in a former blacksmith shop.

10.

10. What was one of Richard Allen's other 'firsts'?

a)

first missionary to Africa

b)

first American to translate the Scriptures

c)

first ordained black minister

d)

first slave to buy his freedom