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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 6, In a Dark and Dismal Swamp.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who controlled the part of Cape Cod where the Pilgrims stole the corn?
(a) The Massachusetts.
(b) The Narragansetts.
(c) The Nausets.
(d) The Pokanokets.

2. What day did the Mayflower leave Provincetown Harbor?
(a) December 25.
(b) December 1.
(c) November 30.
(d) December 15.

3. What group of investors did Thomas Weston represent?
(a) Virginia Company.
(b) Plymouth Company.
(c) Merchant Adventurers.
(d) King's Adventurers.

4. Who wrote a book about the voyage of the Mayflower?
(a) William Bradford.
(b) William Brewster.
(c) Robert Cushman.
(d) John Robinson.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Bradford when he became uneasy with the way in which God was worshipped in Austerfield?

2. What Indian, besides the Indian who first visited the Pilgrims, could also speak English?

3. How close were the nearest English communities in America to the new colony at Plymouth?

4. What day did the Pilgrims erect the frame of the first house?

5. What event, according to the author, do most Americans associate with the birth of the United States?

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