Circle the correct item. 1. One English woman soldier in the seventeenth century was Christian Walsh

1. One English woman soldier in the seventeenth century was Christian Walsh…

a) the mother of a sailor

b) the wife of a man who was made to join the army

c) a local housewife who didn’t want to marry

d) a widow

2. She cut off her hair, dressed as a man and joined the army…

a) to protect her husband from the army

b) in order to look for her husband

c) in order to cook her husband tasty dinners

d) unlike most women in those days

3. Anna Bonney left Ireland …

a) because she wanted to earn a lot of money

b) for an injury she had received

c) for an earthquake

d) it is not certain why she left

4. For the next ten years they sailed round the Caribbean…

A) attacking other ships and stealing everything valuable from them

b) searching gold and money

c) discovering new lands

d) stealing ships from the local ports

5. Mary had fought in the army, but had stopped pretending to be a man for a short time …

a) to bear a child for her man

b) when she married a soldier

c) when she had decided to become a nun

d) because in those days most woman were expected to stay at home

6. Anne and Mary continued their criminal career with John Rackman…

a) because they could not live without sailing

b) in order to increase their opportunities

c) but in the end their ship was caught by pirates

d) but in the end their ship was caught by the navy