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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 9, A Ruffling Course.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the chief concern of Weston's men?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Catching typhus.
(c) Building a fort.
(d) Fear of the Indians.

2. What evidence that the Indians had lived at Plymouth remained?
(a) Cooking pots.
(b) Skulls and bones.
(c) Old fire pits.
(d) Bits of jewelry.

3. Why did many Indians die in the summer of 1623?
(a) Because of disease.
(b) Because of a measles epidemic.
(c) Because of war.
(d) They were not able to plant crops.

4. In Chapter 9, where did Miles Standish travel to pick up some corn?
(a) Manomet.
(b) Sowams.
(c) Mattapoisett.
(d) Patuxet.

5. Where did the most powerful Native leader in the region live?
(a) On an island near the Pilgrims.
(b) About 20 miles southwest of Cape Cod.
(c) About 30 miles away.
(d) About 60 miles southwest of Provincetown Harbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first building built by the Pilgrims?

2. What group of investors did Thomas Weston represent?

3. What happened to the Indians who used to live at Plymouth?

4. What was the name of Massasoit's village?

5. Who was the settlement leader of Wessagussett in 1623?

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