Refer to The Mary Celeste: An Unsolved Mystery from History for a complete version of this text.

Part A

Which statement is a main idea of The Mary Celeste: An Unsolved Mystery from History?

Responses

The sailors who found the Mary Celeste most likely attacked the ship to make a profit.


Captain Morehouse knew Captain Briggs and was saddened by his disappearance.


To this day, no one knows why the Mary Celeste was abandoned by its crew.

In the 1870s, pirates no longer attacked ships in the Atlantic Ocean.

Question 2
Part B

Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

Responses

“Morehouse expected that he and his crew would get about half that amount for bringing the ship into port.”


“Captain Morehouse knew that Captain Briggs was a good sailor, a smart master, and fair to his crew.”

“The last of them had been seen in the 1830s.”


“It is a mystery still waiting to be solved.”