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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Chapter 16, The Better Side of the Hedge.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What diseases afflicted the Pokanokets in 1634?
(a) Typhus and influenza.
(b) Measles and mumps.
(c) Typhus and measles.
(d) Smallpox and influenza.

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) Hobbamock.
(c) Cheepi.
(d) Tisquantum.

3. Who was the Manomet sachem?
(a) Iyanough.
(b) Canacum.
(c) Aspinet.
(d) Massasoit.

4. How many people were on board the Mayflower?
(a) 202.
(b) 134.
(c) 104.
(d) 102.

5. To whom did Alexander keep selling land?
(a) Massachusetts Bay Colony.
(b) Rhode Islanders.
(c) Maine.
(d) Connecticut.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was William Bradford's occupation?

2. For how many days had the Mayflower blundered through storms and headwinds before reaching the New World?

3. How many tons of lumber were required to build a home in the 1650s?

4. How far away was the nearest Indian village from Plymouth?

5. Who was the settlement leader of Wessagussett in 1623?

(see the answer key)

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