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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 4, Beaten with Their Own Rod.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Italian explorer had come to Narragansett Bay as early as 1524?
(a) Verrazano.
(b) Caboto.
(c) Castiglione.
(d) Vespucci.

2. What was a third name for the spirit that Massasoit's people associated with death, night, and the bitter northeast wind?
(a) Kietan.
(b) Tisquantum.
(c) Cheepi.
(d) Hobbamock.

3. What English explorer sailed from Maine in a small open boat?
(a) Thomas Dermer.
(b) Sir Frances Drake.
(c) Henry Hudson.
(d) John Cabot.

4. What people were not affected by the disease in the area?
(a) Patuxet.
(b) Algonquins.
(c) Narragansett.
(d) Pokanokets.

5. How many men signed the agreement before the Mayflower landed?
(a) 58.
(b) 75.
(c) 37.
(d) 41.

Short Answer Questions

1. What treacherous area of water did the Mayflower encounter after 1 p.m. as they approached the New World?

2. Who led the author to write about the Pilgrims?

3. Where did the most powerful Native leader in the region live?

4. In the 1600s, who tried to navigate the same treacherous waters that the Mayflower encountered?

5. What book tells about the voyage of the Mayflower?

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