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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was to be the governor of the new colony?

2. What group of investors did Thomas Weston represent?

3. What weapon did Squanto tell Massasoit that the Pilgrims could unleash?

4. What was different about the trees in New England from those in England?

5. How many men signed the agreement before the Mayflower landed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Weston betray the Pilgrims?

3. Why didn't the Indians and English of Plymouth Colony live in peaceful harmony all of those first fifty-five years?

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

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

6. Why were the Pilgrims familiar with turkeys?

7. Why were passengers in an uproar when they learned they were headed to New England rather than the Hudson River?

8. Why were the Pokanokets in a desperate struggle to maintain their existence as a people?

9. How did the master of the Speedwell work against the Pilgrims?

10. How did Thomas Hunt damage Indian-English relations in New England for decades?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain why there was a controversy between some Indians and some Englishmen regarding the murder and the punishment of Arthur Peach and his cohorts. What motives were behind the controversy?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 8, Pastor John Robinson writes about the ruffling course that the Pilgrims began with the Wessagusett raid. Argue whether Robinson's words proved to be prophetic or did not prove to be prophetic given the ultimate course of New England's history.

Essay Topic 3

A common theme throughout the book is the Puritan belief that everything in life happens for a reason. Explain this belief, how it affected the Puritan's daily lives, and show examples of incidents the Puritans believed occurred because God made them occur.

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