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A Lion to Guard Us Chapters 1-5

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why doesn't Amanda's mother meet the sailor man when he arrives?

a)

She isn't home.

b)

She is at the market.

c)

She is too busy cleaning.

d)

She is too sick to get out of bed.

2.

Why did James Freebold travel to Virginia?

a)

He traveled to Virgina for religious reasons.

b)

He traveled to Virginia to show settlers how to grow crops.

c)

He travel to Virginia to help build houses.

d)

He traveled to Virginia to start a new business.

3.

Why does Amanda decide to journey to the New World?

a)

To find a safe place to live with her brother and sister

b)

To find and live with her father

c)

She was offered a job to clean house for the President.

d)

She wanted a place to grow her own garden.

4.

Why does the brass lion's head door knocker mean so much to the Freebold children?

a)

It was passed down from Granny Freebold

b)

It was worth a lot of money.

c)

The brass door knocker has magical powers.

d)

Father gave it to his kids to guard them while he was gone.

5.

What was the Virginia Company?

a)

A place you can go and dance

b)

A company that charges people to take them to America.

c)

A restaurant

d)

A place you can pay to build you a house

6.

According to the man at the Virginia Company, why can't Amanda and her siblings travel on the next ship to America?

a)

They are only kids and she doesn't have the money to pay for the trip.

b)

There will be no more trips to America.

c)

There is not enough room on the next ship for them to go.

d)

The sailor man said they could not go.

7.

What happened to Amanda's mother?

a)

She got fired from her job.

b)

She fell on the stairs and became very ill.

c)

She went with James to the New World.

d)

Amanda doesn't have a mother/

.

8.

How does Mistress Trippett suggest Amanda get over her mother's death?

a)

Time and Sleep

b)

Time and Cookies

c)

Time and Work

d)

Time and Money

9.

Where does Amanda's father go in America?

a)

Washington D.C.

b)

Columbia, South Carolina

c)

Jamestown, Virginia

d)

Plymouth Rock

10.

Why could the family not go with their father to the New World?

a)

Their father did not want then to go with him.

b)

It was not ready for women and children - it was wild and dangerous.

c)

Unfortunately, there was not enough room on the ship for them to go.

d)

Amanda's mother had fell and now she was very sick.

11.

How long has Amanda's father been gone?

a)

3 days

b)

3 months

c)

3 years

d)

3 weeks

12.

Who are Amanda's siblings?

a)

Cook and Ellie

b)

Ellie and Dr. Crider

c)

Ellie and Mistress Trippett

d)

Jemmy and Meg