James Forten
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Vocabulary
Words with Affixes
Vocabulary
100
Which of these does James's mother do last? 

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.



100

6) Which ship did James NOT sail on during the story?

A. Amphyon

B. Royal Louis

C. Jolly Roger


Jolly Roger

100

Geraldyne wanted to persuade her parents to let her grow a vegetable garden?

A. instruct

B. entertain

 C. convince

convince

100

They looked like him, but there was a  _________ about them that touched his heart.

A. sadden

B. sadness

C. sadly

B. sadness

100

The crew carried more ammunition aboard, more powder, and fresh provisions.

A. sails

B. portholes

C. supplies

D. kegs


C. supplies

200

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.

200
What is the first thing Robert Bridges does when James is old enough to visit the sail shop?

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.

200

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.

200

Forten appreciated his job because it paid _________ 

A. unreasonably

B. reasoning

C. reasonably

B. reasoning

200

Forten made several major contributions to the sail-making business.

A. additions

B. modifications

C. purchases

D. actions


A. additions

300
Right after Thomas Forten dies, James

A. is born.

B. continues to go to school.

C. gets permission to go to sea.

B. continues to go to school.

300
Right after a cannonball is put into the gun barrel and pushed against the powder, the 

A. powder is ignited

B. guns are reloaded

C. cannonballs shoot out of the gun

A. powder is ignited

300

3) When the riot broke out, authorities arrived at the scene.

A. officials

B. citizens

C. athletes


A. officials

300

Sail making was a _______but difficult job.

A. profitable

B. profit

C. profitability

A. profitable

300

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

400
What happens after the crew of the Royal Louis sights three British ships?

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.

400

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.

400

4) Luz performed the piece with amazing skill and dexterity.

A. freedom

B. talent

C. difficulty


B. talent

400

The wounded were ___________________, and the sick ignored. 

A. attended

B. attending

C. unattended

C. unattended

400

He never forgot the sight of his people in bondage.

A. captivity

B. slavery

C. liberty

D. oppression

C. liberty

500
James's third job was 

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.

500
The last thing that happens to James is

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. 

500

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

500

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

500

James Forten became one of the most influential of the African abolitionists.

A. important

B. persuasive

C. inspiring

D. insignificant

D. insignificant

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