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Blood on the River Test Review ch 1-16

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 2hrs 47mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why does Samuel get sent to an orphanage to live?

a)

He choose to live in a poorhouse.

b)

His parents abandoned him.

c)

He was caught stealing an d living on the streets.

d)

Reverend Hunt invited him to live there.

2.

Why is Samuel going on the journey to the New World?

a)

He volunteered to go.

b)

He was too violent living in the orphanage.

c)

He knows how to read.

d)

Captain Smith felt he'd be a hard worker.

3.

Why is Captain Smith angry there are so many gentlemen aboard their ships?

a)

He thinks they will still all the gold in the New World.

b)

He doesn't like how they treat Samuel.

c)

He wants everyone to work equally.

d)

He does like how they treat him.

4.

Why does Master Wingfield want to get revenge on Captain Smith?

a)

He thinks he stole his food.

b)

Captain Smith punched him.

c)

Captain Smith called him a coward.

d)

Captain Smith was made the leader.

5.

How did Samuel’s peasant mother learn to read?

a)

She learned from Reverend Hunt.

b)

Her parents taught her.

c)

Her husband taught her.

d)

A gentleman's son taught her.

6.

Why was Captain Smith freed from the chains?

a)

They need him to translate with the native people.

b)

He proved Master Wingfield was lying.

c)

Both A and D are correct.

d)

The Virginia Company named him as one of the leaders.

7.

Why does Captain Smith encourage trade with the native people instead of war?

a)

He is afraid of the native people.

b)

He wants to trick them.

c)

They are outnumbered.

d)

He thinks he can learn from them.

8.

How does Samuel extend kindness to James?

a)

He shares his food with him.

b)

He doesn’t mock him when he has a dumb idea.

c)

He helps him build a shelter.

d)

He says good things to Captain Smith about him.

9.

We must build a palisade to protect the settlement. Palisade means...

a)

Rushing downpour of rain.

b)

A wax made fro m the fatty tissue of animals.

c)

Clear and transparent.

d)

A fence of used as an enclosure for protection or defense.

10.

I escaped the gallows - that is why I am lucky. Gallows means...

a)

Barren and uninhabited.

b)

Large and sturdy.

c)

A wooden platform that is used to execute by hanging.

d)

Attach and anchor.

11.

Captain Smith puts a quick stop to Richard’s gloating. Gloating means...

a)

To act with a great smugness of satisfaction.

b)

Excessively doubt.

c)

Quietly or privately.

d)

Easily fooled.

12.

Who is telling this story?

a)

Captain Smith

b)

Richard

c)

Samuel

d)

Reverend Hunt

13.

Samuel is excited to go to the New World because he is hoping to find what?

a)

his mother

b)

gold

c)

a house

d)

jewels

14.

The gentlemen aboard the ships to the New World, signed a _______ with the Virginia Company to work for seven years.

a)

contract

b)

check

c)

waiver

d)

graph

15.

Who ordered Samuel to "Stand on one foot!"?

a)

Reverend Hunt

b)

Richard

c)

Captain Smith

d)

James

16.

Samuel was allowed to go up on deck whenever he wanted to.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Master Wingfield considers himself to be of higher social class than Captain John Smith.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

What were the names of the ships that came to the New World?

a)

The Susan Constant, Godspeed, and the Discovery

b)

The Susan Continent, Godspeed, and the Voyage

c)

The Susan Constant, Godsnold, and the Discovery

d)

The only ship to travel was the Susan Constant

19.

Who is paying for the fleet to go to the New World?

a)

Virginia Company

b)

Reverend Hunt

c)

Captain Smith

d)

Samuel

20.

What year did they start traveling to the New World?

a)

1607

b)

1492

c)

1500

d)

1606

21.

Why does Samuel want to go to the New World?

a)

to make friends

b)

for the gold

22.

Who died at the end of chapter 10?

a)

Samuel

b)

Richard

c)

James

d)

Captain Smith

23.

Who did the locket belong to at the beginning of this book?

a)

Samuel's mother

b)

Samuel

c)

the shopkeeper

d)

Captain Newport

24.

What is the name of the Indians they saw at the Caribbean islands?

a)

Plain Indians

b)

White Indians

c)

Powhatan Indians

d)

Carib Indians

25.

Who does Samuel have to serve on the boat?

a)

Captain Newport

b)

Captain Gosnold

c)

Captain Smith

d)

Richard

26.
Who said "Stand on one foot!" to Samuel?
a)
Reverend Hunt
b)
Richard
c)
Captain Smith
d)
James
27.
Samuel learned to read from his...
a)
teacher
b)
Captain Smith
c)
Mother
d)
the orphanage 
28.
Samuel's chores include:
a)
emptying the slop bucket
b)
sweeping the tween deck
c)
cooking Captain Smith food
d)
fishing
29.
How did Samuel settle his anger in the beginning?
a)
He counted to 10
b)
He looked at the locket
c)
He screamed loudly
d)
He used his fists
30.
Captain Smith spoke to the Carib Indians about coming in peace...
a)
in their own language
b)
with hand motions
c)
but they had no idea what he wanted
d)
but the Indians threw rocks at him
31.
What is the book's genre?
a)
Non-fiction
b)
Historic fiction
c)
Fiction
d)
Fantasy
32.
level on a ship between the deck and the hold of the ship
a)
mast
b)
rigging
c)
'tween deck
33.
Why did Samuel and his mother have to live at the poor house?
a)
couldn't pay rent 
b)
house burnt down
c)
parents got divorced
d)
house flooded
34.
Who was the keeper of the orphanage?
a)
Reverend Hunt
b)
the magistrate
c)
Captain Smith
d)
the pawn shop owner
35.
Why did Reverend Hunt want to go to the new world?
a)
He hated the orphanage
b)
He loved it
c)
He was adventurous
d)
to spread the Word of God
36.

Where are the people in the story traveling from and traveling to?

a)

From Egypt to the Caribbean islands

b)

From America to England

c)

From England to Virgina

d)

From the New World to the Canary Island

37.

Which word best describes Samuel?

a)

Kind

b)

Adventurous

c)

Independent

d)

Loud

38.

What is inculded at the start of each chapter to give a preview of the events in that chapter?

a)

An interview

b)

A summary

c)

An Epigraph

d)

A memory

39.

Who is the first president in the Virginia colony?

a)

Reverend Hunt

b)

Captian Smith

c)

Samuel

d)

Master Wingfield

40.

Which is a physical challenge that they encounter while sailing to the new world?

a)

Attacks from native people

b)

A tornado

c)

A muntny from the sailors

d)

Seasickness and other illnesses