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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 ominous event occurred the night of June 26, 1675.
(a) A meteor shower.
(b) Total eclipse of the moon.
(c) An large piece of an asteroid fell on the ground.
(d) A midnight raid.

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

3. What did the Pilgrims insist be secured before any Native land purchases could proceed?
(a) A deed.
(b) A title.
(c) Approval of the entire Indian tribe.
(d) Court approval.

4. What did some of the Wessagussett settlers trade for food?
(a) Ammunition.
(b) Muskets.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Cooking pots.

5. Why did the Pilgrims decide not to settle at Cold Harbor?
(a) There was no source of fresh water.
(b) The harbor was too shallow.
(c) There was not enough shelter.
(d) It was too cold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Massasoit put at the bottom of his last Plymouth land deed?

2. Who did Bradford learn died in 1625?

3. Who had pledged his country's support to Philip in the fall?

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

5. How many ships arrived in New England in 1630?

(see the answer key)

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