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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did the Mayflower arrive at Provincetown Harbor?
(a) November 2.
(b) October 30.
(c) November 11.
(d) December 1.

3. What did Edward Winslow do on May 12?
(a) Cared for the sick.
(b) Met with Massasoit.
(c) Went on a trip with Squanto.
(d) Got married.

4. What Indian, besides the Indian who first visited the Pilgrims, could also speak English?
(a) Samoset.
(b) Quadequina.
(c) Massasoit.
(d) Squanto.

5. What formal and binding agreement was signed before the passengers went ashore?
(a) Mayflower Compact.
(b) Freedom of Religion Compact.
(c) Pilgrim Compact.
(d) Plymouth Charter.

6. What happened to Squanto at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) He caught typhus.
(b) He was imprisoned.
(c) He died.
(d) He was captured by the Nauset.

7. What was the first building built by the Pilgrims?
(a) A storehouse.
(b) A single family home.
(c) A common house.
(d) A fort.

8. 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.

9. Who is the carpenter turned Indian fighter that the author will focus on in the book?
(a) Benjamin Church
(b) Edward Winslow.
(c) William Bradford.
(d) William Brewster.

10. What weapon did Squanto tell Massasoit that the Pilgrims could unleash?
(a) Gunpowder.
(b) Plague.
(c) Cannons.
(d) Muskets.

11. What did Bradford learn at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Miles Standish had died.
(b) His wife had drowned.
(c) John Carver had died.
(d) His son had died.

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

13. How many people died each day in February and March, 1621?
(a) Two or three.
(b) One.
(c) Four or five.
(d) One or two.

14. What was William Bradford's occupation?
(a) Corduroy worker.
(b) Minister.
(c) Lace maker.
(d) Farmer.

15. What was different about the trees in New England from those in England?
(a) The trees were taller in England.
(b) There were no maples in England.
(c) Brilliant fall colors.
(d) There were no birch trees in England.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Bradford go to worship when he became uneasy with the way God was worshipped in Austerfield?

2. What did the Pilgrims wish they could catch?

3. How old was the most powerful Native leader in the region?

4. Who was the Mayflower's governor?

5. What had the Pilgrims brought on the Mayflower to plant in the spring?

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