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Blood on the River ch. 6-8

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  • Although the storm is terrible, what good thing comes from it?
    The winds blow the boats to Virginia.
  • What reaction do the natives in Virginia have to finding the English settlers on their land?
    They shoot them with arrows.
  • What does Captain Smith teach Samuel to do while they are on the island?
    Clean and polish a sword.
  • What do the three boys do when they first step foot onto the island?
    Play in the water.
  • How does Reverend Hunt save Captain Smith?
    He preaches to the gentlemen to make them feel guilty.
  • The Manchineel tree does what to the men?
    Burns their skin with poison.
  • Captain Smith tries to teach Samuel a lesson about working with others by making him do what?
    Stand on one foot while he shoves him AND/OR sleep chained up for the night.
  • Why does James think they will die on the ship as they sail to Virginia?
    A bad storm hits / noises from the storm
  • Samuel has to swallow his pride and ask WHO for help?
    Richard (he needs the slop bucket because he is chained up).
  • What does Captain Smith reveal about himself to Samuel, while he sits in chains?
    That he was once a slave in the Ottoman Empire, and escaped.
  • What kills Master Brooks?
    Dehydration/heat stroke
  • What large sea creatures are chasing, and eventually kill, the whale? (must name 1 of 2)
    A swordfish and a thresher shark.
  • What do they use to clean the cook pots once they are on the island?
    They scrub them with sand.
  • Why do they choose to sail past Florida without stopping?
    It is inhabited by the Spanish.
  • What does Samuel realize is being built on the island?
    A place to hang Captain Smith (gallows)
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