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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the natives do during the winter of 1609-10?
(a) They kidnapped an English woman.
(b) They set fire to the settlers' boats.
(c) They stole the settlers' weapons.
(d) Then went to Hog Island and slaughtered the hogs.

2. What does Captain Smith tell Samuel before leaving to return to England?
(a) He will return to James Town.
(b) He thinks he will die on the return trip to England.
(c) He regrets ever having made the journey.
(d) He hopes that Samuel can someday come back to England.

3. What did Captain Smith leave when he died?
(a) A daughter.
(b) Valuable writings.
(c) A son.
(d) A new type of sword he invented.

4. What does Chief Sasenticum tell Captain Smith in Chapter 22?
(a) Powhatan wants to slit the English men's throats.
(b) Pocahontas is a spy.
(c) Powhatan is very ill.
(d) Pocahontas loves him.

5. What is the historical reason that the travelers cannot travel between James Town and Point Comfort?
(a) The ships caught on fire.
(b) There was a bear attacking travelers.
(c) The natives set an ambush.
(d) The river turned to ice.

6. What do the natives bring to Captain Smith in Chapter 17?
(a) Bows and arrows.
(b) A variety of berries.
(c) Arrowheads.
(d) Bread, fish, and meat.

7. What does the nickname "Pocahontas" mean?
(a) "Clever mind."
(b) "Beautiful spirit."
(c) "Playful one."
(d) "Wealth princess."

8. What percentage of English were killed in James Town?
(a) 10 percent.
(b) 90 percent.
(c) 50 percent.
(d) 20 percent.

9. What is the name of one of the native gods?
(a) Thor.
(b) Sasenticum.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Okeus.

10. What do two of the new settlers do in Chapter 23?
(a) Marry native women.
(b) Learn the healing art of herbal medicine from the natives.
(c) Try to kill Captain Smith and become leaders.
(d) Raid the native homes and kill several with muskets.

11. With what punishment does Master Archer threaten Captain Smith?
(a) A musket shot.
(b) An arrow through the heart.
(c) A knife in the heart.
(d) The gallows.

12. Who arrived to James Town in 1619?
(a) King James.
(b) The French.
(c) The Spanish.
(d) The first Africans.

13. What is the name of the first baby born in the New World?
(a) Annie.
(b) Pocahontas.
(c) Victoria.
(d) Virginia.

14. Where did the real Pocahontas die?
(a) James Town.
(b) Point Comfort.
(c) England.
(d) The Warraskoyack village.

15. What is Samuel's impression of Powhatan when he meets them?
(a) He thinks he is frail and weak.
(b) He thinks he is tall and strong.
(c) He thinks he is fat and ugly.
(d) He thinks he is kind and welcoming.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Samuel think about the mission to crown Powhatan?

2. What did the actual settlers do after the winter of 1609-10?

3. Whom will Ann Burras marry?

4. What time of year is it at the close of the novel?

5. What does the Virginia Company want the colonists to do to make a profit in Chapter 19?

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