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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.


 This activity contains 14 questions.

Question 1.
William Byrd lived in eighteenth-century America.

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

 
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Question 3.
One of the main crops in North Carolina and Virginia was tobacco

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Question 4.
The tobacco plantations were found in the backcountry.

 
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Question 5.
The hermit was born in America.

 
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Question 6.
The word hermit means "loner."

 
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Question 7.

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.

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

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

 
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Question 9.
Women were not part of the early settlements.

 
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Question 10.
White people claimed individual plots of land.

 
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Question 11.
Houses were small and cramped.

 
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Question 12.
Indians and whites seem to live in peace.

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

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

 
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