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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 smoked meat over an open firesomeone who walks the planksomeone who has a wooden leg

Question 2: When was the Golden Age of Piracy?

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

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

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

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

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

Question 5: What is an *alias*?

a traditional namean unusual namea false name or identitya surname

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

cheatedinspiredterrorizedseized

Quiz

Question 1: What are pieces of eight?

gold earringsSpanish coinsballs of wax used as earplugsEnglish coins

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

keelhaulingwalking the plankhangingflogging

Question 3: What does this chapter tell us?

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

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

in separate columnsas a listas a series of bullet pointsas a series of paragraphs

Question 5: What is a *linguist*?

an expert navigatoran expert map makera person who studies myths and stereotypesa person who studies languages

Question 6: What is the odd word out?

piratefreebooterbuccaneerlandlubber

Quiz

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

certified pirateslandlubbersbuccaneersprivateers

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

Sir Francis DrakeSir Henry RobertsSir Henry MorganBatholomew Roberts

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

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

Question 4: How has the pirate code been presented?

in a table formatas a bulleted listas a diagramas numbered sentences

Question 5: What are *rivals*?

friendscompanionscompetitorspartners

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

money and millionssailing and boatsarchery and arrowsfencing and swords

Quiz

Question 1: What did pirates call their flag?

the Jolly Rogerthe Letter of MarqueNo mercythe Pirates' Code

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

make him walk the plankbeat or kill himask him to surrenderlock him in his cabin

Question 3: How did pirate ships deceive other ships?

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

Question 4: What is this chapter mainly about?

the Jolly Rogerwhat pirates did to a seized ship's crewhow 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.

terrifyingterrorterrifiedterrify

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

when something happenswhere something happenswhy something happenshow something happens

Quiz

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

L'OlonnaisHenry MorganCaptain KiddBlackbeard

Question 2: What was John Rackham's nickname?

Mad JackBlackbeardCool JackCalico Jack

Question 3: Which sentence is *not* true?

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

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

autobiographicalbiographicalpersuasiveimaginative

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

ousfaminfamous

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

sterngreatgruesomegreedy

Tag(s):Amazing Facts

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