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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who accuses Captain Smith of lying in Chapter 15?
(a) Master Wingfield.
(b) Henry.
(c) Richard.
(d) Samuel.

2. On what island does Samuel convalesce?
(a) Jamaica.
(b) Nevis.
(c) Bermuda.
(d) Corsica.

3. What does the 'tween deck smell like?
(a) Sweat.
(b) Human feces.
(c) Master Wingfield's perfume.
(d) Urine and vomit.

4. What is Gran Canaria?
(a) An Indian chief.
(b) An Indian god.
(c) An island.
(d) A bird.

5. What does President Wingfield order in Chapter 11 after the attack?
(a) A retaliatory ambush.
(b) A banquet to offer peace.
(c) A boat to return to England.
(d) The construction of palisades.

6. From whom do the settlers receive a letter just before Christmas?
(a) Samuel's old orphanage.
(b) Captain Newport.
(c) Chief Powhatan.
(d) Captain Smith.

7. Who causes Captain Smith's arrest?
(a) Reverend Hunt.
(b) Master Ratcliffe.
(c) Master Wingfield.
(d) Master Archer.

8. What happens to Samuel when he steals from the shopkeeper in Chapter 1?
(a) The police are waiting for him around the corner.
(b) He repents when he passes a church.
(c) The shopkeeper and his son chase Samuel and beat him up.
(d) A storm causes him to sleep and fall, exposing him to the police.

9. From where does the prophecy say that the threatening tribe will come?
(a) James Town.
(b) England.
(c) The Chesapeake.
(d) The sea.

10. What does Reverend Hunt tell Samuel about forgiveness after the death of one of their party?
(a) It is futile.
(b) He must pray for it incessantly if he expects to earn it.
(c) He must learn to forgive himself.
(d) It comes from God without prayer.

11. What does Captain Smith tell Samuel will not work in Virginia when punishing him in Chapter 8?
(a) Starving himself.
(b) Disrespecting the gentlemen.
(c) Telling jokes all day.
(d) Standing on his own.

12. What do the natives NOT ask for from the settlers in Chapter 13?
(a) Swords.
(b) Meat.
(c) Muskets.
(d) Copper.

13. What does Samuel hope Captain Smith will bring him in Chapter 11?
(a) A musket.
(b) A necklace.
(c) A Bible.
(d) A meal of meat.

14. When was Captain Smith made a prisoner before the instances in the novel?
(a) Fighting the Carib Indians in the Caribbean.
(b) Fighting the Turks of the Ottoman Empire.
(c) Fighting the French in the Caribbean.
(d) Fighting the Spanish in Florida.

15. Why does Samuel want to bring the pot to the upper deck in Chapter 5?
(a) He feels bad for insulting James.
(b) He wants to see land.
(c) He is is feeling ill and needs air.
(d) He is afraid of being punished for not doing his chores.

Short Answer Questions

1. What products do the English want from the Orient?

2. Why does Captain Smith beat Samuel?

3. What does the Virginia Company instruct the colonists to do in Chapter 9?

4. What do the settlers try to grow in their harvest?

5. What do the natives NOT bring to the settlers in Chapter 13?

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