Blood on the River

Why did Sam steal a locket at the beginning of the book?

• He needed money

• He thought is looked pretty

• It was his mother's

• It was his locket

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CCSS.RL.K.6

What is the Powhatan word for "hello"?

• Wingapo

• Chowhat

• Anaha

• Adios

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CCSS.L.5.4B

At the beginning of the novel, Samuel can best be characterized as-

• shy

• fearful

• independent

• friendly

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CCSS.RL.5.3

Captain Smith's conflict with the gentlemen on the ship is that —

• he wants to overthrow them and take over the mission.

• he does not want to go to Jamestown.

• he is a commoner but does not show respect to the gentlemen.

• he only wants to find gold in the New World, while the gentlemen want to explore.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

The event that finally motivates the settlers to build a palisade (fort) is —

• 
  a warning from Pocahontas.

• the return of Captain Newport.

• the death of half the settlers the first winter.

• a surprise Indian attack.

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CCSS.RL.8.9

Why does Captain Smith say that the Algonquian language is a more powerful than a musket?

• Samuel can use it to spy on the Indians.

• Muskets are too expensive.

• Samuel can use it to trade and make peace with the Indians

• He's the only one who knows it.

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CCSS.RL.1.5

Captain Smith ran a successful colony because in Jamestown if you didn't work, you didn't-

• eat

• sleep

• fight

• get money

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CCSS.RL.2.6

After Reverend Hunt dies Samuel feels like he lost-

• his tent.

• his own will to survive.

• an enemy.

• a part of his family.

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CCSS.RL.1.3

Chief Powhatan thought the King of England was-

• a fat, smelly, and short man.

• a great leader.

• a true friend.

• dead.

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CCSS.RL.8.9

What did Samuel do with baby Virginia?

• He took the baby back to England.

• He "rescued" (stole) the baby from her mother.

• He renamed her.

• He sent the baby on the boat.

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CCSS.RI.2.1