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WorksheetsMary Seacole Y8
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
#1. Where was Mary born?
Barbados
Jamaica
Panama
Cuba
#2. What was Mary’s sister called?
Sarah
Jane
Lydia
Louisa
#3. Where were Mary’s parents from?
ENGLAND AND JAMAICA
SCOTLAND AND BARBADOS
SCOTLAND AND JAMAICA
ENGLAND AND PANAMA
#4. What was Mary’s maiden name?
Smith
Nelson
Grant
Sterling
#5. Where did she live in Jamaica?
Manchester
Kingston
Manderville
Ocho Rios
#6. What made Mary want to become a nurse/healer?
MARY WAS FREQUENTLY ILL AND WANTED TO HELP OTHERS.
MARY'S FATHER WAS A DOCTOR SO THAT INFLUENCED HER.
AS A "FREE" BLACK WOMAN, MARY'S MOTHER RAN A BOARDING HOUSE AND OFFERED TO TREAT PEOPLE WITH HER HERBAL REMEDIES. MARY WANTED TO FOLLOW IN HER FOOTSTEPS.
IT WAS THE ONLY WORK THAT WAS AROUND AT THE TIME FOR MARY.
#7. Who was Mary’s husband?
Edward Seacole
Edwin Seacole
Thomas Seacole
James Seacole
#8. What was the main disease that Mary helped cure in her time in Panama?
TUBERCULOSIS
CHOLERA
DYSENTERY
TYPHOID
#9. Did Mary have children?
Yes
No
#10. What was the name of Mary’s place of care/respite during the Crimea?
CRIMEAN HOTEL
LONDON HOTEL
BRITISH HOTEL
BLUNDELL HALL
#11. Why did Mary not travel to the Crimea with Florence Nightingale?
MARY AND FLORENCE DIDN'T LIKE EACH OTHER.
MARY PREFERRED TO TRAVEL ALONE.
MARY'S REQUEST TO TRAVEL WITH FLORENCE WAS REFUSED BY THE WAR OFFICE.
THERE WASN'T ENOUGH FUNDING FOR MARY TO TRAVEL WITH FLORENCE.
#12. What was Mary’s nickname given by the soldiers?
Nurse Seacole
Mother Seacole
Lady Seacole
Mother Mary
#13. Mary was also know as the…..
THE MOTHER WITH THE LAMP
THE BLACK FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
THE CREOLE SAVIOUR
THE HERBAL HEALER
#14. Where did she live in England?
MANCHESTER
LONDON
BIRMINGHAM
NEWCASTLE
#15. Who wrote about Mary in the Times newspaper in 1857 and what did he not want to happen?
WILLIAM HOWARD RUSSELL AS HE DIDN'T WANT HER EFFORTS IN THE CRIMEA TO BE FORGOTTEN.
WILLIAM RUSSELL HOWARD AS HE DIDN'T WANT HER EFFORTS IN PANAMA TO BE FORGOTTEN.
HOWARD WILLIAM RUSSELL AS HE DIDN'T WANT HER TO BE LONELY.
RUSSELL HOWARD RUSSELL AS HE DIDN'T WANT HER TO BECOME BANKRUPT.
The British Hotel sold....and.....to the soldiers.
fresh wholesome food and drinks
clothes and towels
medicine and remedies
Mary then used the money she made at the British Hotel to.......
Mary never became a qualified nurse and died in London in 1881.
True
False
Mary was a keen student from early childhood, Mary practised medicine on her doll, dogs and cats, and on herself
True
False
Mary reports saving her first cholera patient in Cruces by using:
