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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 11, The Ancient Mother.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event, according to the author, do most Americans associate with the birth of the United States?
(a) Voyage of the Mayflower.
(b) The Mayflower Compact.
(c) The first Thanksgiving.
(d) The Revolutionary War.

2. Why did many Indians die in the summer of 1623?
(a) They were not able to plant crops.
(b) Because of a measles epidemic.
(c) Because of disease.
(d) Because of war.

3. To what did Massasoit's sons change their names?
(a) Alexander and Philip.
(b) David and Thomas.
(c) Miles and Edward.
(d) John and William.

4. Who became pastor at Plymouth in 1667?
(a) John Robinson.
(b) Roger Williams.
(c) William Bradford.
(d) John Cotton.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Massasoit sick?

2. What did the Pilgrims wish they could catch?

3. When did the Mayflower arrive at Provincetown Harbor?

4. With whom did the Pilgrim's first Indian visitor spend the night?

5. What nation did Massasoit establish during the years after the Wessagussett raid?

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