Mary Seacole

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1. Mary Grant was the daughter of a free Jamaican Creole women and a Scottish officer in the British Army. Which country was she born in? Scotland Jamaica England Panama

2. Mary Grant grew up in “Blundell Hall”, a boarding house and hotel in Kingston, Jamaica. Its patrons were mainly sick sailors and soldiers. In treating what disease did she acquire her nursing skills? Yellow fever Cholera Acne vulgaris AIDS

3. Mary Grant married Edwin Horatio Hamilton Seacole on the 10 November 1836 in Kingston. Who is according to the Seacole family legend, was Edwin’s father or godfather? Arthur Wellesey Horatio Nelson Carlo Buonoparte Pierre Charles Villeneuve

4. In 1851 Mary Seacole went to Panama to visit her brother who had gone there to open up a hotel in Cruces. Shortly after she arrived the town, cholera struck. Which of these did Seacole NOT use in her treatment of cholera? Mustard Mercury chloride Cinnamon Opium

5. Mary Seacole read about the outbreak of war with Russia in the newspaper. She left Jamaica via Panama in 1854 to aid in what way she could. Which country did Mary Seacole first visit? England United States Russia France

6. While in Malta on the journey to the Crimea, Mary Seacole met a doctor who gave her a letter of introduction to which person? Prince Albert Queen Victoria Florence Nightingale The Duke of Wellington

7. The “British Hotel” was the hotel that Mary Seacole built near the British headquarters outside of Balaclava. She was often seen touring the battlefields dressed in bright colours giving aid to the wounded and comfort to the dying. What was the nickname that the British troops gave Mary in the letters they sent back home? Yellow Vulture Battlefield Flo Sister Death Mother Seacole

8. Because the “British Hotel” sold alcohol to the troops and was open to tourists, Florence Nightingale in a letter referred to Mary Seacole as a “woman of bad character” who kept “a bad house”. What type of establishment was Florence suggesting the “British Hotel” was? Casino Brothel Half way house Funeral home

9. When the Crimean War ended in 1856, Mary Seacole returned to England in August. In the year that followed she wrote her autobiography and had it published in 1857. What was the title of her book? Tales from Two Countries Mary Seacole in London and Elsewhere I’m no Florence Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands

10. A marble bust of Mary Seacole was carved in 1871 and displayed in a summer exhibition in 1872. This bust was carved by a friend of Mary Seacole, who was a nephew of Queen Victoria. Who was the sculptor? Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn