Blood on the River

Blood on the River

Chapter 1

1. Who is the prophecy at the beginning of the chapter delivered by?

2. What happened to Samuel’s father?

3. How do the The pawn shopkeeper and his son wake up Samuel?

4. What does Samuel hear he might be punished by that causes him to fight the men?

Chapter 2

5. Where is Samuel placed after he escapes punishment?

6. Who tells Samuel that he has “a lot to learn about right and wrong” and teaches Samuel to make decisions based on love. 

7. Who does Samuel find out he will be a servant to?

8. What does Captain Smith complain to the reverend about?

9. Which captain is missing an arm?

Chapter 3

10. Why does Samuel envy the animals on the ship?

11. How many years did the men on the ship commit to when they signed their contracts?

12. Who does Samuel share a bed with?

13. What does Master Wingfield announce that he thinks the ship should do?

14. Who steps in and “makes a fragile peace?”

Chapter 4

15. What islands are the Susan Constant and the two other ships traveling south toward?

16. Who does Captain Newport place under arrest?

17. Who pulls a dagger on Captain Smith?

Chapter 5

18. Who does Samuel say taught him how to read?

19. What are the names of the two “common men” who steal food from James, Richard, and Samuel?

20. When Samuel is up on the deck, what does he see coming toward the ship?

21. What does Captain Smith say when he is asked how he was able to talk to the natives.

Chapter 6

22. Which character says that being the “biggest fish in the sea” doesn’t matter when “the skill and the perseverance of those lower born can take you down and destroy you?” 

23. What are the names of the other two ships besides the Susan Constant?

24. Who teases Samuel, saying that he “need[s] a good delousing?”

25. What is the name of the sailor who grabs the hatchet from Samuel?

26. Who decides to teach Samuel how to clean a sword?

27. What does Samuel hear the sound of being built in the evening? Who does he realize that Master Wingfield has not forgotten to hang?

Chapter 7

28. Who is “back in chains” when Reverend Hunt gathers the men for Sunday services?

29. What is dismantled and burned for the cooking fire?

30. What happens to Edward Brooks?

31. What does Samuel dream about?

Chapter 8

32. Why does Reverend Hunt warn about landing in Florida?

33. Who does Samuel get in a fight with?

34. Captain Smith says “the wilderness is like a ship in a storm.” What literary device is this an example of?

35. What state that they land in appears to be “green, quiet, and desolate?” 

36. Who says his purpose is “to bring the good news of Christ to the Virginia natives, and to look for survivors from the Roanoke colony?”

Chapter 9

37. Who says that “a delicate balance” is possible?

38. What must letters home not contain?

39. Who does the council name president?

40. Who reminds Samuel to be more kind after he berates James?

Chapter 10

41. What do Captain Newport, Captain Smith, and a group of about 20 men go exploring in search of?

42. Who fires a cannon from one of the ships during the attack?

43. What happens to James?

Chapter 11

44. Who does Samuel confess that he blames himself for their death?

45. Who does Samuel wonder if they will ever forgive him?

46. What does the odd behavior of the Native American guide alert Captain Smith and the explorers to the possibility of?

47. Who is Powhatan?

48. What is a palisade?

49. What does Captain Smith teach Samuel how to use?

Chapter 12

50. What does Samuel find out his new weapon is?

51. What can Captain Smith do now that all charges against him have been cleared?

52. Where do Captain Newport and the sailors leave for? Approximately how many men do they leave behind?

53. When the mysterious illness hits, who does Samuel find to be in “the finest of health?”

54. Who does Henry secretly bring an egg to?

55. What is Samuel shocked to overhear?

56. Which of the men are the most unwell?

57. Who tells Samuel to “[c]hoose the path of love and not of fear?”

Chapter 13

58. What is Master Wingfield arrested for? Where is he imprisoned?

59. What improves the water quality in the river?

60. Who protects Samuel from Henry?

61. What does Samuel ask Captain Smith to give Richard?

62. What does no one want to risk their lives to do?

63. What do the Natives bring in their baskets to trade? What tribe are they from?

64. What does Captain Smith make sure not to trade away?