Blood on the River chapters 1-16

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

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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

• Barren, uninhabited

• The ship's hold

• The mechanism that turns the cannon deck

• A wooden platform used for execution

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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 James build a shelter

• He says good things about James to Captain Smith

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

On the ship, why does Samuel feel the dogs, cats, chickens and rats are better off than him?

• They get more food

• They can move about the ship freely

• They get to sleep in the better area, with the gentlemen

• The sailors are nicer to them

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Captain Smith teaches Samuel to protect himself with....

• A sword and beads for trade

• A musket and the Algonquin language

• A sword and a musket

• A sword and the Algonquin language.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Chief Powahatan wanted to kill Captain Smith. Who stopped the chief from killing him?

• A little girl

• A little boy

• Powahatan's wife

• Smith's translator

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.10

How does Samuel react to Smith being imprisoned again?

• He throws a rock and hits Master Smith

• He throws a rock and hits Master Ratcliffe

• He throws a rock and hits Master Wingfield

• He throws a rock and hits Master Archer

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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

• He volunteered to go

• He would hang if he did not leave

• Captain Smith felt he would be a hard worker

• He was too violent at the orphanage

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What does John Laydon mean on page 115 when he says, "They've already killed us..."?

• The gentlemen are shooting at them from the ship

• They are hiding from the natives that are shooting arrows

• They will die of starvation

• The gentlemen are coming back to kill them

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who arrived in time to save Captain Smith from certain death?

• Captain Newport

• Captain George

• Captain Archer

• The natives

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.10