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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 11, The Ancient Mother.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many acres of land had to be deforested in a year for a town of two hundred homes?
(a) 25 acres.
(b) 75 acres.
(c) 200 acres.
(d) 65 acres.

2. Who told the Pilgrims that Squanto was plotting against them?
(a) Iyanough.
(b) Hobbamock.
(c) Canacum.
(d) Massasoit.

3. What was the meaning of Squanto's and Hobbamock's names?
(a) Satan.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Lightning.
(d) Clever.

4. What diseases afflicted the Pokanokets in 1634?
(a) Measles and mumps.
(b) Typhus and influenza.
(c) Smallpox and influenza.
(d) Typhus and measles.

5. What had the Pilgrims brought on the Mayflower to plant in the spring?
(a) Soybeans and barley.
(b) Wheat, barley, and peas.
(c) Wheat and soybeans.
(d) Corn, flax, and wheat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who accompanied an English explorer who sailed from Maine in a small open boat?

2. Who succeeded Bradford as governor?

3. What colony did Roger Williams found?

4. Who sent a scathing letter with the ship that arrived in November, 1621?

5. What group did Massasoit lead in his later years?

(see the answer key)

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