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