View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the boys use as a target to practice shooting muskets in Chapter 13?
(a) A tree.
(b) A captive native.
(c) A chicken.
(d) Master Wingfield.

2. What language do the natives speak?
(a) Spanish
(b) Choco.
(c) Pigdin.
(d) Algonquin.

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

4. What do the settlers routinely eat?
(a) Elderberries.
(b) Hominy.
(c) Venison.
(d) Duck.

5. Who accuses Captain Smith of lying in Chapter 15?
(a) Henry.
(b) Samuel.
(c) Master Wingfield.
(d) Richard.

6. Who is the captain of the Godspeed?
(a) Bartholomew Gosnold.
(b) John Ratclffe.
(c) Captain Newport.
(d) John Smith.

7. Who have settled in Florida by the time the novel takes place?
(a) The Chinese.
(b) The Spanish.
(c) The Dutch.
(d) The colonists from Roanoke.

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

9. Why is Samuel not permitted on the upper deck?
(a) He is too young.
(b) He is not a gentlemen.
(c) He is told he will be underfoot.
(d) He think it is too dangerous.

10. What does the Virginia Company instruct the colonists to do in Chapter 9?
(a) Displace the Spanish.
(b) Not write anything bad about the New World.
(c) Rescue the colonists at Roanoke.
(d) Kill all of the natives.

11. What does President Wingfield order in Chapter 11 after the attack?
(a) The construction of palisades.
(b) A retaliatory ambush.
(c) A boat to return to England.
(d) A banquet to offer peace.

12. Who perishes in the attack by the natives in Chapter 10?
(a) Bartholomew Gosnold.
(b) Richard.
(c) James.
(d) Reverend Hunt.

13. How do the gentlemen plan to escape in Chapter 15?
(a) The Discovery.
(b) Native canoes.
(c) A new ship from England.
(d) A shallop.

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

15. What does the 'tween deck smell like?
(a) Master Wingfield's perfume.
(b) Sweat.
(c) Urine and vomit.
(d) Human feces.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom did Samuel's armor once belong?

2. What was Samuel's late father like?

3. What does the Alonguin greeting mean?

4. What ultimately scares off the attacking natives in Chapter 10?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 441 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample