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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who began equipping the Natives Americans with guns?
(a) Thomas Morton.
(b) Roger Williams.
(c) John Cotton.
(d) Edward Winslow.

2. Who had to intercede in an altercation between Standish and fishermen on Cape Ann?
(a) John Cotton.
(b) Roger Conant.
(c) Thomas Morton.
(d) Roger Williams.

3. What percentage of the land in New England was suitable for farming?
(a) 80 percent.
(b) 20 percent.
(c) 50 percent.
(d) 5 percent.

4. What happened to Philip's nine-year-old son?
(a) Given to the Sakonnets.
(b) Went to live in Swansea.
(c) Went to live with the Narragansetts.
(d) Sold into slavery.

5. What did England become after the death of King Charles?
(a) A Puritan state.
(b) A oligarchy.
(c) An autocracy.
(d) A Catholic state.

6. Why was Arthur Peach hanged in 1638?
(a) Because he killed an Indian.
(b) Because he killed his brother.
(c) Because he killed Standish.
(d) Because he attacked Bradford.

7. When was Bradford's "Of Plymouth Plantation" published?
(a) 1776.
(b) 1734.
(c) 1677.
(d) 1856.

8. In Chapter 15, where does Church move his wife and son?
(a) Trenton.
(b) Portsmouth.
(c) Rehoboth.
(d) Boston.

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

10. Toward the end of the war, what did the New Englanders do with Indian captives?
(a) Put them on reservations.
(b) Sold them into slavery.
(c) Sent them to Virginia.
(d) Killed them.

11. 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 war.
(d) Because of a measles epidemic.

12. Who had pledged his country's support to Philip in the fall?
(a) A German.
(b) A Scotsman.
(c) A Canadian.
(d) A Frenchman.

13. How many acres of land had to be deforested in a year for a town of two hundred homes?
(a) 65 acres.
(b) 25 acres.
(c) 75 acres.
(d) 200 acres.

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

15. Who succeeded Bradford as governor?
(a) Thomas Prence.
(b) Roger Williams.
(c) Edward Winslow.
(d) John Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a shocking outrage to the Puritans at Kickemuit?

2. What was the chief concern of Weston's men?

3. What English woman was taken captive in Lancaster?

4. Which group of Indians became the first in New England to disown Philip?

5. To whom did Alexander keep selling land?

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