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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the most powerful Native leader in the region?
(a) Sachem.
(b) Squanto.
(c) Massasoit.
(d) Hobamock.

2. What member of the Mayflower crew decided to stay in Plymouth?
(a) Robert Coppin.
(b) John Clark.
(c) John Alden.
(d) Christopher Jones.

3. On the voyage, how many women were pregnant?
(a) Three.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

4. Who was the Mayflower's governor?
(a) John Carver.
(b) John Robinson.
(c) Christopher Martin.
(d) William Bradford.

5. With whom did the Pilgrim's first Indian visitor spend the night?
(a) John Howland.
(b) Governor Carver and his family.
(c) William Bradford.
(d) Stephen Hopkins and his family.

6. What did Susanna and William White name their son?
(a) Edward.
(b) William.
(c) Stephen.
(d) Peregrine.

7. By spring 1621, how many of those who had originally arrive at Provincetown had died?
(a) 24.
(b) 72.
(c) 52.
(d) 10.

8. Why did Bradford not execute Squanto for his role in the plot to overthrow Massasoit?
(a) He wanted to keep his interpreter.
(b) He felt sorry for Squanto.
(c) He did not think he was guilty.
(d) He felt sorry for Squanto's children.

9. Who did William Bradford marry?
(a) Susanna White.
(b) Delphina Smythe.
(c) Elizabeth Brewster.
(d) Dorothy May.

10. When did the Mayflower set sail for England?
(a) April 5.
(b) May 1.
(c) June 17.
(d) March 16.

11. What was the name of Massasoit's village?
(a) Titicut.
(b) Sowams.
(c) Manomet.
(d) Patuxet.

12. When did the Mayflower arrive at Provincetown Harbor?
(a) November 2.
(b) November 11.
(c) October 30.
(d) December 1.

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

14. What did Francis Billington claim to see when he climbed a tree on Fort Hill?
(a) A great sea.
(b) An Indian raiding party.
(c) Apple trees.
(d) A large river.

15. What governing document was drawn up before the Pilgrims went ashore?
(a) Charter of Plymouth Colony.
(b) Plymouth Colony agreement.
(c) Mayflower Compact.
(d) Magna Carta.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the Manomet sachem?

2. For how many days had the Mayflower blundered through storms and headwinds before reaching the New World?

3. How many people were on board the Mayflower?

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

5. When did the Pilgrims sail to the New World in search of religious freedom?

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