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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 2, Dangerous Shoals and Roaring Breakers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many men signed the agreement before the Mayflower landed?
(a) 75.
(b) 58.
(c) 41.
(d) 37.

2. How close were the nearest English communities in America to the new colony at Plymouth?
(a) About 100 miles.
(b) About 1,000 miles.
(c) Over 3,000 miles.
(d) More than 500 miles.

3. Where was the ship's helmsman stationed?
(a) In steerage.
(b) On the poop deck.
(c) In the pilot's room.
(d) On the main deck.

4. What event, according to the author, do most Americans associate with the birth of the United States?
(a) The Revolutionary War.
(b) The Mayflower Compact.
(c) The first Thanksgiving.
(d) Voyage of the Mayflower.

5. Where did Jones decide they were near as the Mayflower headed toward shore?
(a) Cape Cod.
(b) Jamestown.
(c) Hudson River
(d) Virginia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What governing document was drawn up before the Pilgrims went ashore?

2. Who allowed war to happen?

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

4. In the 1600s, who tried to navigate the same treacherous waters that the Mayflower encountered?

5. What Indian tribe did the Pilgrims befriend?

(see the answer key)

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