Written in Bone Note to Reader-Chapter 2 Quiz

CL.7.1 1.) Who asked the author to write Written in Bone?

• Doug Owsley
• William Kelso
• Scott Harrison

CL.7.1 2.) The Chesapeake area surrounds the Chesapeake Bay and includes which places?

• Maryland
• Virginia
• Jamestown settlement
• All of the above

CL.7.1 3.) One of the graves Walker excavated in the Note to the Reader contained the remains of a young person who was. . .

• a five year old toddler
• a five to six month old baby
• a one month old baby

CL.7.1 4.) Out of respect for their culture, the remains of which race were omitted from Written in Bone?

• African
• European
• Native American

CL.7.1 5.) What team was the first ever to locate the remains of Jamestown?

• 1994 Jamestown Rediscovery Project
• 1890s Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
• 1940s-1950s National Park Service

CL.7.1 6.) What confirmed William Kelso's belief that their team had found the hidden James Fort?

• Rectangular grave shafts
• Oval coffins
• circular soil stains which indicated the palisade wall

CL.7.1 7.) Which artifacts were discovered and pictured in chapter 1?

• two copper buttons
• a signet ring and dagger
• a sword and stamp

CL.7.1 8.) What was interesting about many grave shafts in Jamestown?

• They contained burials of only female children
• They contained multiple burials in the same shaft
• They were all perpendicular to each other

CL.7.1 9.) The period from 1609-1610 where many Jamestown settlers died was called what?

• Starving time
• Dying time
• Illness time

CL.7.1 10.) What is a reason why bones are often the only remains found in graves?

• Tissue dissolving action of microbes (like bacteria)
• Water over time
• Soil type