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Reading Daily Review Week 13
Contributed by: Rogers
  • 1. Phillis was taken from her home. What was the name of that region?
A) Asia
B) England
C) America
D) Africa
  • 2. "Live," a voice inside her cried. What type of figurative language is being used in this example?
A) metaphor
B) simile
C) personification
D) alliteration
  • 3. Why was Phillis taken to Boston, Massachusetts?
A) She was too young for the slave markets on the Caribbean.
B) Phillis was to work at Liberty Hall.
C) The ship was to be docked in the Boston Harbor.
D) Her grandmother lived in this city.
  • 4. What was the first job that Phillis had?
A) servant
B) farmer
C) teacher
D) cook
  • 5. Where did Phillis grow up?
A) Senegal, West Africa
B) London, England
C) Charleston, SC
D) Boston, Massachusetts
  • 6. Which of the following was NOT a subject mentioned that Phillis studied?
A) Latin
B) Spanish
C) Greek
D) English
  • 7. What is the prefix in "unheard"?
A) un
B) ear
C) heard
D) hear
  • 8. What was her first poem about that many people loved which caused more of her poems to be printed?
A) her time with the Wheatley family
B) a journey on a slave ship
C) a well-loved minister
D) her life in Africa
  • 9. What is the genre of this week's selection?
A) an autobiography
B) a biography
C) a narrative poem
D) a folktale
  • 10. When was Phillis MOST LIKELY taken from West Africa?
A) 1770
B) 1784
C) 1776
D) 1761
  • 11. The slave ship sailed in all directions from Africa except--
A) south
B) east
C) west
D) north
  • 12. How old was Phillis when she died?
A) 31
B) 61
C) 84
D) 70
  • 13. What were many of her poems written about?
A) George Washington
B) John Peters, her husband
C) her life as an indentured servant
D) the colonies wanting their freedom from England
  • 14. Why did George Washington invite Phillis to visit him?
A) He felt sorry for her.
B) The thought she was a pleasant person.
C) He wanted to honor her for her work.
D) She was a friend of the family.
  • 15. How did Phillis get her name? She was named _____.
A) for a slave ship
B) for a river in Africa
C) after the captain of a ship
D) for Mr. Wheatley's mother
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