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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What member of the Mayflower crew decided to stay in Plymouth?
(a) John Alden.
(b) Christopher Jones.
(c) John Clark.
(d) Robert Coppin.

2. Where did the Pilgrims live most of their time in Holland?
(a) Assen.
(b) Haarlem.
(c) Leiden.
(d) Amsterdam.

3. Who accompanied an English explorer who sailed from Maine in a small open boat?
(a) An Indian named Hobbamock.
(b) An Indian named Massassoit.
(c) An Indian named Tisquantum.
(d) An Indian named Epenow.

4. What was the name of the military leader of the Pilgrims?
(a) John Carver.
(b) Christopher Jones.
(c) Miles Standish.
(d) William Bradford.

5. What was the biggest problem with the arrival of another ship in November of 1621?
(a) Food.
(b) Ammunition.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Sleeping quarters.

6. How many sachems came on September 13 to sign a treaty professing their loyalty to King James?
(a) 4.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 22.

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

8. What Indian tribe did the Pilgrims befriend?
(a) Awashonks.
(b) Wapanoags.
(c) Pocasset
(d) Narragansetts.

9. What explorer did Massasoit attack when the explorer arrived one summer after the Indians had been attacked?
(a) Thomas Dermer.
(b) John Smith.
(c) Champlain.
(d) Verazzano.

10. What tradition began with the women of the Mayflower?
(a) Monday wash day.
(b) Wednesday bathing day.
(c) Tuesday baking day.
(d) Morning reading lessons for the children.

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

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

13. What was the name of the Pilgrims' first Indian visitor?
(a) Massasoit.
(b) Quadequina.
(c) Samoset.
(d) Squanto.

14. Who told the Pilgrims that Squanto was plotting against them?
(a) Canacum.
(b) Hobbamock.
(c) Massasoit.
(d) Iyanough.

15. What was Massasoit's first impulse to do with the English?
(a) Trade with them.
(b) Kill them.
(c) Make an alliance with them.
(d) Curse them.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the "First Thanksgiving" most likely held?

2. What is the title of an Indian leader?

3. In 1676, what ship left the shores of New England?

4. What two gifts did Winslow and Hopkins take to Massasoit in July of 1621?

5. What group of investors did Thomas Weston represent?

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