A Lion to Guard Us Chapters 1-5

Why doesn't Amanda's mother meet the sailor man when he arrives?

• She isn't home.

• She is at the market.

• She is too busy cleaning.

• She is too sick to get out of bed.

Why did James Freebold travel to Virginia?

• He traveled to Virgina for religious reasons.

• He traveled to Virginia to show settlers how to grow crops.

• He travel to Virginia to help build houses.

• He traveled to Virginia to start a new business.

Why does Amanda decide to journey to the New World?

• To find a safe place to live with her brother and sister

• To find and live with her father

• She was offered a job to clean house for the President.

• She wanted a place to grow her own garden.

Why does the brass lion's head door knocker mean so much to the Freebold children?

• It was passed down from Granny Freebold

• It was worth a lot of money.

• The brass door knocker has magical powers.

• Father gave it to his kids to guard them while he was gone.

What was the Virginia Company?

• A place you can go and dance

• A company that charges people to take them to America.

• A restaurant

• A place you can pay to build you a house

According to the man at the Virginia Company, why can't Amanda and her siblings travel on the next ship to America?

• They are only kids and she doesn't have the money to pay for the trip.

• There will be no more trips to America.

• There is not enough room on the next ship for them to go.

• The sailor man said they could not go.

What happened to Amanda's mother?

• She got fired from her job.

• She fell on the stairs and became very ill.

• She went with James to the New World.

• Amanda doesn't have a mother/

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How does Mistress Trippett suggest Amanda get over her mother's death?

• Time and Sleep

• Time and Cookies

• Time and Work

• Time and Money

Where does Amanda's father go in America?

• Washington D.C.

• Columbia, South Carolina

• Jamestown, Virginia

• Plymouth Rock

Why could the family not go with their father to the New World?

• Their father did not want then to go with him.

• It was not ready for women and children - it was wild and dangerous.

• Unfortunately, there was not enough room on the ship for them to go.

• Amanda's mother had fell and now she was very sick.