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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What ship appeared at Provincetown Harbor in November of 1621?
(a) Fortune.
(b) Anne.
(c) Maine.
(d) Weston.

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

4. What did Susanna and William White name their son?
(a) Stephen.
(b) William.
(c) Edward.
(d) Peregrine.

5. At the end of Chapter 7, who was launching a plan to become the most powerful Indian leader in New England?
(a) Massasoit.
(b) Squanto.
(c) Canacum.
(d) Hobbamock.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Pilgrims sail to the New World in search of religious freedom?

2. What was the name of an ominous Pokanokets spirit of darkness?

3. What did the Pilgrims wish they could catch?

4. Why did the Mayflower not return to England after a settlement site was found?

5. Who was the most notable arrival on the ship that arrived in November of 1621 ?

Short Essay Questions

1. What food did the passengers find on shore?

2. Why, according to the author, do we like to know how it was "in the beginning"?

3. Who did the passengers choose as the leader for the colony?

4. Hobbamock was a pniese. What is a pniese?

5. Why did the future site of Pymouth Plantation come do well recommended?

6. Why were the Pilgrims familiar with turkeys?

7. What one clue did Bradford leave that might indicate how he felt about the death of his wife?

8. Why was it illegal for the Separatists to have their own church services?

9. In 1605, a map indicated between one thousand and two thousand people living along the shores where the Pilgrims planned to settle. Why were no Indians living along the shore now?

10. Describe how an Indian named Epenow persuaded his English abductors to return him to the New World.

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