WorksheetsBlood on the River Test Review ch 1-16
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 2hrs 47mins
Why does Samuel get sent to an orphanage to live?
He choose to live in a poorhouse.
His parents abandoned him.
He was caught stealing an d living on the streets.
Reverend Hunt invited him to live there.
Why is Samuel going on the journey to the New World?
He volunteered to go.
He was too violent living in the orphanage.
He knows how to read.
Captain Smith felt he'd be a hard worker.
Why is Captain Smith angry there are so many gentlemen aboard their ships?
He thinks they will still all the gold in the New World.
He doesn't like how they treat Samuel.
He wants everyone to work equally.
He does like how they treat him.
Why does Master Wingfield want to get revenge on Captain Smith?
He thinks he stole his food.
Captain Smith punched him.
Captain Smith called him a coward.
Captain Smith was made the leader.
How did Samuel’s peasant mother learn to read?
She learned from Reverend Hunt.
Her parents taught her.
Her husband taught her.
A gentleman's son taught her.
Why was Captain Smith freed from the chains?
They need him to translate with the native people.
He proved Master Wingfield was lying.
Both A and D are correct.
The Virginia Company named him as one of the leaders.
Why does Captain Smith encourage trade with the native people instead of war?
He is afraid of the native people.
He wants to trick them.
They are outnumbered.
He thinks he can learn from them.
How does Samuel extend kindness to James?
He shares his food with him.
He doesn’t mock him when he has a dumb idea.
He helps him build a shelter.
He says good things to Captain Smith about him.
We must build a palisade to protect the settlement. Palisade means...
Rushing downpour of rain.
A wax made fro m the fatty tissue of animals.
Clear and transparent.
A fence of used as an enclosure for protection or defense.
I escaped the gallows - that is why I am lucky. Gallows means...
Barren and uninhabited.
Large and sturdy.
A wooden platform that is used to execute by hanging.
Attach and anchor.
Captain Smith puts a quick stop to Richard’s gloating. Gloating means...
To act with a great smugness of satisfaction.
Excessively doubt.
Quietly or privately.
Easily fooled.
Who is telling this story?
Captain Smith
Richard
Samuel
Reverend Hunt
Samuel is excited to go to the New World because he is hoping to find what?
his mother
gold
a house
jewels
The gentlemen aboard the ships to the New World, signed a _______ with the Virginia Company to work for seven years.
contract
check
waiver
graph
Who ordered Samuel to "Stand on one foot!"?
Reverend Hunt
Richard
Captain Smith
James
Samuel was allowed to go up on deck whenever he wanted to.
True
False
Master Wingfield considers himself to be of higher social class than Captain John Smith.
True
False
What were the names of the ships that came to the New World?
The Susan Constant, Godspeed, and the Discovery
The Susan Continent, Godspeed, and the Voyage
The Susan Constant, Godsnold, and the Discovery
The only ship to travel was the Susan Constant
Who is paying for the fleet to go to the New World?
Virginia Company
Reverend Hunt
Captain Smith
Samuel
What year did they start traveling to the New World?
1607
1492
1500
1606
Why does Samuel want to go to the New World?
to make friends
for the gold
Who died at the end of chapter 10?
Samuel
Richard
James
Captain Smith
Who did the locket belong to at the beginning of this book?
Samuel's mother
Samuel
the shopkeeper
Captain Newport
What is the name of the Indians they saw at the Caribbean islands?
Plain Indians
White Indians
Powhatan Indians
Carib Indians
Who does Samuel have to serve on the boat?
Captain Newport
Captain Gosnold
Captain Smith
Richard
Where are the people in the story traveling from and traveling to?
From Egypt to the Caribbean islands
From America to England
From England to Virgina
From the New World to the Canary Island
Which word best describes Samuel?
Kind
Adventurous
Independent
Loud
What is inculded at the start of each chapter to give a preview of the events in that chapter?
An interview
A summary
An Epigraph
A memory
Who is the first president in the Virginia colony?
Reverend Hunt
Captian Smith
Samuel
Master Wingfield
Which is a physical challenge that they encounter while sailing to the new world?
Attacks from native people
A tornado
A muntny from the sailors
Seasickness and other illnesses
