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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. What sachem tried to have Squanto killed in Chapter 7?
2. What weapon did Squanto tell Massasoit that the Pilgrims could unleash?
3. What did the Pilgrims wish they could catch?
4. What was the author researching when he decided to learn more about the Pilgrims?
5. Who was the leader of the tribe that the Pilgrims befriended?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the Pilgrims' first Indian visitor, Samoset, learn to speak English?
2. How did Weston betray the Pilgrims?
3. 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?
4. Why did the future site of Pymouth Plantation come do well recommended?
5. Why was it illegal for the Separatists to have their own church services?
6. Where should the Pilgrims have settled rather than Plymouth?
7. Describe the first venture ashore.
8. Why did the Seaflower depart from New England bound for the Caribbean in 1676?
9. What did Samoset tell the Pilgrims about the Indians who had lived in the area previously?
10. What food did the passengers find on shore?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
Compare the Plymouth colony and the Massachusetts Bay colony, and explain why or why not the Pilgrims should have settled at Boston rather than Plymouth.
Essay Topic 3
Although King Philip's War became a racial war, it was also caused by greed. Explain how greed led Philip and the English into the conflict and what gain the parties expected to obtain from the conflict.
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