James Forten Selection Test

Which event in the passage happens first?

• James Forten is born

• James Forten goes to school

• Thomas Forten frees his wife

• Thomas Forten works making sails

What is the first thing that Robert Bridges does when James is old enough to visit the sail shop?

• Sells the shop to James

• Lets James work around the shop doing odd jobs

• Pays to send James to a school created for African children

• Tells James he can't come around the shop until he gets an education

Right after Thomas Forten dies, James--

• is born

• works on a ship

• continues to go to school

• gets permission to go to sea

Which of these does James's mother do last?

• Gives birth to a baby boy

• Gives permission to go to sea

• Feels devastated by her husband's death

• Is freed when her husband earns enough money

Right after a cannonball is put into the gun barrel and pushed against the powder, the--

• powder is ignited

• guns are reloaded

• cannonballs shoot out of the gun

• powder is tamped down by an assistant

What happens before James joins the crew of the Royal Louis?

• James carries gunpowder to the guns.

• The Active lowers its flags in surrender

• The ship sails out of Philadelphia

• James sees African captives on ships

James's third job was--

• working at a small store

• carrying gunpowder to guns on a ship

• working with his father at the sail shop

• owning the business where his father had worked

What genre is the story "James Forten"?

• Poetry

• Folktale

• Biography

• Fiction

What happens after the crew of the Royal Louis sights three British ships?

• The Royal Louis surrenders

• The captain carefully checks the ship

• The crew carries more gunpowder on board

• The Pomona takes off for the island of Barbados

The last thing that happens is that James--

• is taken aboard the Amphyon

• becomes an apprentice to Robert Bridges

• plays marbles with a captain's son

• becomes the owner of his own business