Chapter 11: Review Test 6

Chapter 11: Review Test 6

Making Inferences

A. Read the following passage. Choose "a. valid inference" for the four inferences that are firmly based on the information in the passage.

An Eighteenth-Century American: William Byrd II

¹William Byrd II (1674-1744) was a successful Tidewater planter. ²He felt at home in both London and Virginia, the state in which he was born. ³In 1728, at the height of his political power, Byrd agreed to help survey a boundary in dispute between North Carolina and Virginia. ⁴During his long trip through the backcountry, Byrd kept a detailed journal. ⁵His lively record of daily events is now thought of as a classic piece of early American literature. ⁶He met many highly independent people. ⁷For example, as soon as he left the world of tobacco plantations behind, he met a self-styled "hermit" living in the woods. ⁸The hermit, an Englishman, seemed to prefer the freedoms of the wild to the limits set by society.

—Divine, Breen, Fredrickson, & Williams, The American Story, p. 105.

1. William Byrd lived in eighteenth-century America.

a. valid inference

b. not a valid inference

2. William Byrd's journal was a record of what he saw while on his journey.

a. valid inference

b. not a valid inference

3. One of the main crops in North Carolina and Virginia was tobacco [Hint]

a. valid inference

b. not a valid inference

4. The tobacco plantations were found in the backcountry.

a. valid inference

b. not a valid inference

5. The hermit was born in America.

a. valid inference

b. not a valid inference

6. The word hermit means "loner."

a. valid inference

b. not a valid inference

B. Study the picture linked to here, and read the caption beneath it. Choose "a. valid inference" for the six inferences that are firmly based on the information.

7. Building boats was a necessary skill during this time and in this place.

a. valid inference

b. not a valid inference

8. The land was cleared so that crops could be planted.

a. valid inference

b. not a valid inference

9. Women were not part of the early settlements.

a. valid inference

b. not a valid inference

10. White people claimed individual plots of land.

a. valid inference

b. not a valid inference

11. Houses were small and cramped.

a. valid inference

b. not a valid inference

12. Indians and whites seem to live in peace.

a. valid inference

b. not a valid inference

13. People could visit and trade with others who lived many miles away.

a. valid inference

b. not a valid inference

14. The first white settlements were close to the coast.

a. valid inference

b. not a valid inference

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