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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the river at the new settlement?
(a) The Mississippi River.
(b) The James River.
(c) The Potomac River.
(d) The Yellow River.

2. What does the Alonguin greeting mean?
(a) My beloved friend.
(b) I come in peace.
(c) He is wealthy.
(d) I love you.

3. What does the crew eat on the ship?
(a) Ham.
(b) Oatmeal.
(c) Hominy.
(d) Corn.

4. Who is the captain of the Susan Constant?
(a) Captain Newport.
(b) Master Wingfield.
(c) John Smith.
(d) John Ratcliffe.

5. Why does Samuel apologize to Richard in Chapter 8?
(a) He needs a slop bucket.
(b) Reverend Hunt forces him.
(c) He sees Richard crying.
(d) His mother's ghost makes him.

6. Who cries as a result of the native attack in Chapter 9?
(a) Samuel.
(b) Richard.
(c) Master Wingfield.
(d) James.

7. What does Captain Smith use to clean swords?
(a) Sand.
(b) Oil.
(c) Urine.
(d) Gold.

8. What does the hunting expedition group do with the deceased man in Chapter 7?
(a) They set him adrift into the sea.
(b) They throw him overboard.
(c) They cremate him.
(d) They build a shallow grave.

9. What does Captain Smith do while in chains in Chapter 5?
(a) He writes.
(b) He shouts insults at the gentlemen.
(c) He becomes ill.
(d) He sings.

10. What happens to Samuel when he steals from the shopkeeper in Chapter 1?
(a) He repents when he passes a church.
(b) A storm causes him to sleep and fall, exposing him to the police.
(c) The shopkeeper and his son chase Samuel and beat him up.
(d) The police are waiting for him around the corner.

11. When was Captain Smith made a prisoner before the instances in the novel?
(a) Fighting the Spanish in Florida.
(b) Fighting the Carib Indians in the Caribbean.
(c) Fighting the French in the Caribbean.
(d) Fighting the Turks of the Ottoman Empire.

12. Why do the English seek a passage to the Orient?
(a) The attack the Spanish.
(b) To trade with the Carib Indians.
(c) To conquer Mongolia.
(d) To trade with China and India.

13. What products do the English want from the Orient?
(a) Indian elephants.
(b) Turkish tea.
(c) Chinese silk.
(d) Mongolian weapons.

14. How is Master Wingfield punished in Chapter 13?
(a) He is placed under arrest and put on the Discovery.
(b) He is executed at the gallows.
(c) He is not punished.
(d) He is lashed.

15. To whom did Samuel's armor once belong?
(a) Reverend Hunt before he became a minister.
(b) Captain Smith's father.
(c) Captain Smith as a boy.
(d) Master Clovell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does President Wingfield order in Chapter 11 after the attack?

2. Why is Captain Smith under arrest in Chapter 4?

3. What happens to Smith when he is placed under arrest in Chapter 4?

4. What does Captain Smith have Samuel do as punishment for fighting with Richard in Chapter 8?

5. Who advocates for Captain Smith and releases him in Chapter 7?

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