J5B Unit 11 Lesson 1 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle | The Most Fun Classroom Games!

English 14 Public

Reading comprehension

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Where was Mary Seacole born?

Jamaica

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How long ago was she born?

more than/about/two hundred years ago

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What did her father do?

He was a solder.

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Who came to her mother's hotel?

soldiers from the British army

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What did her mother do?

She looked after the solders.

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Where did Mary help sometimes?

in the army hospital

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What happened in 1843?

The hotel burned down.

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What did Mary do after her husband and her mother died?

She decided to work hard.

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Where was the war that Mary heard about?

in the south of Russia

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What did Mary take to London?

a letter from the doctors in Jamaica

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Why did Mary think the government would not send her to the war?

They did not like her brown skin. They only wanted English nurses.

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Who did Mary visit when she travelled to the war?

Florence Nightingale, another nurse

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What did Mary build near the British Army's camp?

her own hotel

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When did Mary Seacole die?

1881

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