James Forten
A. Gives birth to a baby boy
B. Gives James permission to go to sea.
C. Feels devastated bu her husbands death.
B. Gives James permission to go to sea.
6) Which ship did James NOT sail on during the story?
A. Amphyon
B. Royal Louis
C. Jolly Roger
Jolly Roger
Geraldyne wanted to persuade her parents to let her grow a vegetable garden?
A. instruct
B. entertain
C. convince
convince
They looked like him, but there was a _________ about them that touched his heart.
A. sadden
B. sadness
C. sadly
B. sadness
The crew carried more ammunition aboard, more powder, and fresh provisions.
A. sails
B. portholes
C. supplies
D. kegs
C. supplies
Which event in the passage happens first?
A. James is born.
B. James goes to school.
C. Thomas Forten works making sails.
C. Thomas Forten works making sails.
A. Sells the shop to James.
B. Lets James work around the shop doing odd jobs.
C. Tells James he can't come around the shop until he finishes college.
B. Lets James work around the shop doing odd jobs.
2) Cristofher became a carpenter’s apprentice.
A. One who refuses to learn a new trade
B. One who learns a new trade by watching an expert.
C. One who teaches a trade to a student.
B. One who learns a new trade by watching an expert.
Forten appreciated his job because it paid _________
A. unreasonably
B. reasoning
C. reasonably
B. reasoning
Forten made several major contributions to the sail-making business.
A. additions
B. modifications
C. purchases
D. actions
A. additions
A. is born.
B. continues to go to school.
C. gets permission to go to sea.
B. continues to go to school.
A. powder is ignited
B. guns are reloaded
C. cannonballs shoot out of the gun
A. powder is ignited
3) When the riot broke out, authorities arrived at the scene.
A. officials
B. citizens
C. athletes
A. officials
Sail making was a _______but difficult job.
A. profitable
B. profit
C. profitability
A. profitable
The result of this tentative friendship was that Captain Beasley did not send Forten to a ship.
A. probable
B. unsettled
C. unconfirmed
D. definite
D. definite
A. The Royal Louis surrenders.
B. The captain carefully checks the ship.
C. The crew carries more gunpowder on board.
A. The Royal Louis surrenders.
What happens before James joins the crew of the Royal Louis?
A. James carries gunpowder to the guns.
B. The Active lowers it flags in surrender
C. James sees African captives on ships.
C. James sees African captives on ships.
4) Luz performed the piece with amazing skill and dexterity.
A. freedom
B. talent
C. difficulty
B. talent
The wounded were ___________________, and the sick ignored.
A. attended
B. attending
C. unattended
C. unattended
He never forgot the sight of his people in bondage.
A. captivity
B. slavery
C. liberty
D. oppression
C. liberty
A. working at a small store.
B. carrying gunpowder to guns on a ship.
C. working with his father at the sail shop.
D. barista at Starbucks
B. carrying gunpowder to guns on a ship.
A. He becomes an apprentice to Robert Bridges.
B. Plays marbles with the captain's son.
C. Becomes owner of his own business.
D. Taken aboard the Pomona
C. Becomes owner of his own business.
Forten helped in all aspects of sail making and assisting the sails of the ships.
A. powers
B. facets
C. obstacles
D. reasons
B. facets
The only way African would ever take a __________ place in the colonies would be through education.
A. meaning
B. meaningful
C. unmeaning
D. mean
B. meaningful
James Forten became one of the most influential of the African abolitionists.
A. important
B. persuasive
C. inspiring
D. insignificant
D. insignificant