Lesson Assessment - "Benjamin Banneker, Pioneering Scientist"

1.

1 point

Why did young Benjamin Banneker count things?

It was part of his job on the farm.

It was important to keep track of the number of rows in a field.

It made his lonely work more fun.

It was practice for what he was learning at school.

2.

1 point

Which of the following is an opinion?

George Ellicott owned a telescope.

Banneker quit school after only four years.

Andrew Ellicott asked Banneker to help him survey the land.

George Washington deserved to be the first president.

3.

1 point

Which of these jobs did Banneker not have?

surveyor

farmer

teacher

writer

4.

1 point

At the end of the selection, Banneker

was still asking questions.

was not a very old man.

was building a new clock.

was still working on the farm.

5.

1 point

Who taught Banneker to read?

his great grandfather

the plantation owner

his teacher in a one room school house

his grandmother Molly

6.

1 point

How were Benjamin Banneker and his family different from most African Americans lining in 1737?

They were no longer slaves and they did not own a farm.

They were no longer slaves and they owned a farm.

They were slaves and they owned a farm.

7.

1 point

"Grandmother was teaching Benjamin to read. Benjamin was a fast learner." Identify each sentence from the selection as a fact or an opinion.

The first sentence is a fact. The second sentence is an opinion.

The first sentence is an opinion. The second sentence is a fact.

Both sentences are opinions.

Both sentences are facts.

8.

1 point

Why did Banneker quit school after four years.

He did not quit school because it was against the law.

He was young and strong, and his family needed him on the farm.

He decided to go to college instead.

9.

1 point

How was Banneker different from other farmers who lived nearby?

He could read and write. He told them what there crops were worth.

All farmers at that time were slaves therefore they were all the same.

He could not read and write like the other farmers.

10.

1 point

Why did Benjamin send a copy of his almanac to Thomas Jefferson?

He sent a copy of an atlas and not an almanac to Thomas Jefferson.

Jefferson was important and Banneker wanted to give him his opinions.

Banneker sent the copy so that he could run for president of the United States.