Common Assessment 4

1. Which sentence in the first paragraph best supports this inference?

A) Slave owners didn't believe in selling family members.
B) The larger the plantation the more work slave children had to do.
C) The fields were the easiest places to work.
D) It was fun to work on a plantation in Virginia and Maryland.

2. Which sentence in paragraph 2 most likely explains how a house servant was treated differently than a slave?

A) Slaves worked longer hours than house servants.
B) A house servant slept in the Big House instead of a slave cabin.
C) House servants always had family, but slaves didn't.
D) House servants didn't stay on the plantation at all.

3. In the section "Life for slave child," which of the following statements about a slave child's job is most likely true?

A) Being a slave child was a fun adventure
B) Slave children would be free when they became adults.
C) Slave children were never regarded as equal to their masters
D) Slave children had a choice of the chores they did.

4. Why does the author speak directly to you the reader?

A) So you the reader can imagine what it's like to be a slave.
B) The author thinks people should be a slave for a day.
C) The author wrote the article for slaves.
D) The author feels that slavery in unfair to everyone except children.

5. In the section "Life for a slave child," which of these statements about spending time with the master's family is supported by the article?

A) House servants couldn't hear conversations of their master's family.
B) The house servant got to eat with the family.
C) House servants heard news about what was going on outside the plantation.
D) Abraham Lincoln was not the president.

6. In the section "Talk of an invasion," which of these statements about Northeners is supported?

A) Notherners were from a place called Yankee.
B) Northerners were stealing slaves.
C) Northerners were the enemies of those living on the Southern plantations.
D) Notherners were afraid to fight.

7. Which of these statements is supported by the section "Talk of an invasion?"

A) Escaped slaves were immediately killed by the Union army.
B) The Union army didn't want runaway slaves.
C) Slaves that escaped could join the Union army.
D) Runaway slaves were put in a jail called Fort Monroe.

8. In the section "Fleeing to safety," the reader can tell

A) Life in the Union camps was better than on the plantations.
B) Slaves were no longer viewed as property once they joined a Union camp.
C) Life for the slaves was difficult in the Union camps.
D) Slaves were afraid to go to Union camps.

9. Which of the following statements about "freedom" is supported by the section "Fleeing to safety?"

A) Slaves experienced freedom at Fort Monroe.
B) Fort Monroe was hard to find.
C) Freedom didn't exists for slaves.
D) Fleeing to Fort Monroe was the beginning for slaves seeking freedom.

10. The passage suggests which of the following?

A) Slave children didn't need freedom, but an education.
B) Abraham Lincoln stopped slavery of children.
C) Children should still be slaves.
D) Slave children didn't have the typical life of a child.

Students who took this test also took :

English 5 common assessment 1
English 5 common assessment 2
Common assessment 3: inferencing

Created with That Quiz — a math test site for students of all grade levels.