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Pirates (Grace Ramsey)

Pirates (Grace Ramsey)

Ahoy, matey! Get ready to set sail on the high seas with the book Pirates (Grace Ramsey). This book tells the exciting truth about what life was really like for pirates who sailed the oceans long ago. Young readers will learn about pirate ships, hidden treasures, and the famous symbols like the Jolly Roger. The engaging and simple text makes history feel like a grand and daring adventure. It is a wonderful resource for building vocabulary related to the ocean and historical exploration.

Lexile: 820L

Quiz

Question 1: What is the definition of a pirate?

any person who attacks and steals from ships at seasomeone who walks the planksomeone who has a wooden legsomeone who smoked meat over an open fire

Question 2: When was the Golden Age of Piracy?

between 1620 and 1700between 1650 and 1720between 1650 and 1700between 1720 and 1750

Question 3: What is the main difference between pirates and buccaneers?

Buccaneers were not as cruel as pirates.Buccaneers came from Spain, while pirates came from many different countries.There are no longer any buccaneers, but pirates are still active today.Pirates were not as well educated as buccaneers.

Question 4: What does the reader learn about 17th and 18th century ships in this chapter?

They were sailing ships.They were made from steel.They were steamships.They were powered by oars.

Question 5: What is an *alias*?

a surnamea false name or identityan unusual namea traditional name

Question 6: Which word in the chapter means *took hold of by force*?

inspiredcheatedterrorizedseized

Quiz

Question 1: What are pieces of eight?

balls of wax used as earplugsEnglish coinsgold earringsSpanish coins

Question 2: Which practice involved dragging a pirate under a ship across sharp barnacles?

hangingkeelhaulingfloggingwalking the plank

Question 3: What does this chapter tell us?

Most pirates had pet parrots.Our image of pirates is different from what they were really like.Pirates really did bury their treasure.All pirates spoke in the same dialect.

Question 4: How has the information on page 11 been presented?

as a listas a series of bullet pointsin separate columnsas a series of paragraphs

Question 5: What is a *linguist*?

a person who studies languagesan expert navigatora person who studies myths and stereotypesan expert map maker

Question 6: What is the odd word out?

landlubberpiratefreebooterbuccaneer

Quiz

Question 1: What were pirates who had permission to loot their country's rivals called?

landlubbersprivateerscertified piratesbuccaneers

Question 2: Which privateer was one of Queen Elizabeth I's favorites?

Sir Henry MorganSir Francis DrakeSir Henry RobertsBatholomew Roberts

Question 3: What can the reader conclude about Sir Francis Drake?

His raids on Spanish ships and ports made him very rich.Because he was the Queen's favorite, he did not have to share his booty with the government.He was a hero in both England and Spain.He was seven years older than Queen Elizabeth I.

Question 4: How has the pirate code been presented?

as numbered sentencesin a table formatas a bulleted listas a diagram

Question 5: What are *rivals*?

competitorsfriendscompanionspartners

Question 6: Which words do *not* belong together?

money and millionsarchery and arrowsfencing and swordssailing and boats

Quiz

Question 1: What did pirates call their flag?

the Pirates' Codethe Jolly Rogerthe Letter of MarqueNo mercy

Question 2: What did pirates do to a seized ship's captain if the crew did not speak well of him?

lock him in his cabinbeat or kill himask him to surrendermake him walk the plank

Question 3: How did pirate ships deceive other ships?

by using the cover of darknessby pretending they were in troubleby pretending to be a ship from a friendly nationby suddenly changing course

Question 4: What is this chapter mainly about?

what pirates did to a seized ship's crewthe Jolly Rogerhow pirates deceived other shipsthe flags pirates used

Question 5: Choose the word that correctly completes the following sentence: Sailors were often __ when they saw the Jolly Roger.

terrifiedterrifyingterrorterrify

Question 6: What does the adverb *early* indicate?

how something happenswhy something happenswhen something happenswhere something happens

Quiz

Question 1: Which famous pirate became deputy governor of Jamaica?

Henry MorganBlackbeardL'OlonnaisCaptain Kidd

Question 2: What was John Rackham's nickname?

BlackbeardMad JackCalico JackCool Jack

Question 3: Which sentence is *not* true?

The law eventually caught up with Mary Read.Mary Read met L'Olonnais in Jamaica.Mary Read and Anne Bonny were part of John Rackham's crew.Mary Read fought as fiercely as any man.

Question 4: Which word best describes the information in this chapter?

persuasiveautobiographicalimaginativebiographical

Question 5: What is the prefix in *infamous*?

infamfamousous

Question 6: Which word is similar in meaning to *grisly*?

greatsterngruesomegreedy

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