WorksheetsAssessment 5: New-Read Assessment: Castle Diary
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
PART A What is the meaning of the word courses in the second paragraph on page 64?
The routes of ships
The chases in a hunt
The different dishes served in a meal
The movements of an animal
Which evidence from Castle Diary supports the correct answer in Part A?
“[L]ike a great ship tossed at sea” (64).
“One was modeled after a hunting scene… ” (64)
“They were goodly sweet to taste…” (64).
“[A]nother as a mythic beast” (64).
2. PART A What is the meaning of the word relieve in the fourth paragraph on page 65 (August 10th, Friday)?
To cause pain to become less severe
To release someone from duty
To observe oneself in a mirrorr
To urinate or go to the bathroom
Which evidence from Castle Diary supports the correct answer in Part A?
“I am still weak and do not mend as quickly” (65)
“[S]o he could study my water” (65)
Simon need not rush to return” (65)
“[I]nto a glass flask” (65
3. PART A What is the meaning of the word surfeit at the end of the first paragraph on page 66?
The timing of an event.
A feeling of sickness
Too little of something.
Too much of something.
Which evidence from Castle Diary supports the correct answer in Part A?
[F]ood and ale I had swallowed at the banquet that ailed my gut” (66)
This surprised me not a little” (66)
“I felt sick to my stomach again” (67
“[F]or the day, hour, and place of my birth” (66)
4. PART A In Castle Diary, how does Tobias Burgess feel about his treatment from Doctor Leach?
He feels grateful that he has recovered.
He feels suspicious of the way he was treated.
He feels that the doctor should be paid more.
He feels guilty that he gets treatment when others do not
Which evidence from Castle Diary supports the correct answer in Part A?
“Today I am much mended” (68).
“[P]aid the fat doctor well for his work” (68).
“[M]y uncle has sent Simon to fetch a physician from Middlethorpe” (65
I cannot think how bleeding someone helps to cure them
5. PART A A leach is a kind of a worm that feeds off of blood. In Castle Diary, why does the author give the doctor the name Leach?
The name has a negative connotation to show how Tobias thinks of the doctor
It is an affectionate nickname because Tobias and his aunt are so grateful.
The name means to heal or cure to show how well the doctor treated Tobias
. It is an insult because the doctor is greedy and is paid too much for his work.
Which evidence from Castle Diary supports the correct answer in Part A?
At this my aunt near swooned with joy” (68
“I am recovered in spite of Doctor Leach’s treatment” (68).
. “Today I am much mended”
“[A]nd paid the fat doctor well for his work” (68)
What is a central idea of this section of Castle Diary
The lives of medieval women were more limited than those of men
Food and living conditions in the Middle Ages were often unhealthy.
The Middle Ages was a time of learning in math and science
Medicine in the Middle Ages was based on faulty science
Which evidence from Castle Diary supports the correct answer in Part A?
“Then he gave each of the letters a number, summed them all together . . . ” (68)
… [I]t was the surfeit of food and ale I had swallowed at the banquet that ailed my gut
“And that as the moon is nearly full, this is a good time for bloodletting” (68
Mostly, though, they gossiped of the banquet and of the noble knights they knew” (67).
In Castle Diary, Platt uses historical information to tell the story of Tobias Burgess. The options below lists facts about the Middle Ages. Match each of these facts with the quotation from the text that best shows how the author uses this fact in the journal. Not all of the options will be used:
Fact: Medieval doctors followed the beliefs of Greek physicians Galen and Hippocrates, who believed that health was related to four bodily humours: blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile. Doctors in the Middle Ages believed that they could help to balance a person’s humours by letting some of their patient’s blood to flow out
“First he had me relieve myself into a glass flask so he could study my water” (65)
From another chart he worked out how stood the stars when I sickened (for this also affects his choice of cure)” (66)
“I had thought it was the surfeit of food and ale I had swallowed at the banquet that ailed my gut” (66)
Still I am confined to my bed in the Great Chamber” (66).
“Doctor Leach came again today, and after much peering and prodding, he declared once more than I must be bled to release the ill humors . . . ” (67).
In Castle Diary, Platt uses historical information to tell the story of Tobias Burgess. The options below lists facts about the Middle Ages. Match each of these facts with the quotation from the text that best shows how the author uses this fact in the journal. Not all of the options will be used:
Fact: Medieval doctors carried special calendars with star charts so that they could check the movements of the stars when they worked with their patients
“First he had me relieve myself into a glass flask so he could study my water” (65)
From another chart he worked out how stood the stars when I sickened (for this also affects his choice of cure)” (66)
“I had thought it was the surfeit of food and ale I had swallowed at the banquet that ailed my gut” (66)
Still I am confined to my bed in the Great Chamber” (66).
“Doctor Leach came again today, and after much peering and prodding, he declared once more than I must be bled to release the ill humors . . . ” (67).
In Castle Diary, Platt uses historical information to tell the story of Tobias Burgess. The options below lists facts about the Middle Ages. Match each of these facts with the quotation from the text that best shows how the author uses this fact in the journal. Not all of the options will be used:
Fact: An important way that medieval doctors would diagnose the health of their patients was by examining the patient’s urine, or pee.
“First he had me relieve myself into a glass flask so he could study my water” (65)
From another chart he worked out how stood the stars when I sickened (for this also affects his choice of cure)” (66)
“I had thought it was the surfeit of food and ale I had swallowed at the banquet that ailed my gut” (66)
Still I am confined to my bed in the Great Chamber” (66).
“Doctor Leach came again today, and after much peering and prodding, he declared once more than I must be bled to release the ill humors . . . ” (67).
