Unit 3 Lesson 2: Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation Comp

Who taught Ben how to read?

• Ben can't read

• Mr. Bleeker

• His father

• His mother

Which of the following was NOT a way that helped Ben read?

• Ben read street signs

• Ben read newspapers

• Ben looked at a dictionary

• His father taught him the alphabet

Why did Ben have to keep it a secrete that he could read?

• He was scared to tell people he could read

• His mother didn't want him to read

• No one was allowed to read

• Slaves were not allowed to read

Where does Ben get sent to when the war breaks out?

• To work for Mr. Bleeker

• To a slave prison

• To his mother's plantation

• To live with his father

Why did the girl who was a clerk in the store give Ben the wrong box of soap?

• She figured Ben couldn't read the labels

• She didn't like Mrs. Bleeker

• She wanted to keep the soap for herself

• She could not read the labels

What was the name of the newspaper Ben would always read?

• He never read a newspaper

• The Newspaper of 1863

• The Daily Newspaper

• The Mercury Newspaper

The Mercury Newspaper didn't like these two words at all; ​ (a)   ​ ​ ​ (b)  

• abolition
• regiment
• plantation
• emancipation

What did Ben's mother say she would give him if he learned how to write?

• A gold dollar coin

• A 100 dollar bill

• A quarter

• A 1 dollar bill

Why did people want Ben to teach them how to read?

• They wanted money

• They wanted to work for Mr. Bleeker

• They could not read and wanted to learn

• They didn't want to be like Ben

Why did the other slaves in the slave prison want Ben to read the newspaper so badly?

• They knew Ben was the only one who could read

• They were all too scared to read in front of people

• They knew Ben could not read

• They knew Ben could make funny voices when he reads