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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where does the prophecy say that the threatening tribe will come?
(a) The Chesapeake.
(b) The sea.
(c) James Town.
(d) England.

2. Who advocates for Captain Smith and releases him in Chapter 7?
(a) Samuel.
(b) Reverend Hunt.
(c) Captain Newport.
(d) Captain Ratcliffe.

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

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

5. What is a shallop?
(a) A type of seafood.
(b) The Algonquin word for an attractive woman.
(c) An piece of Native jewelry.
(d) A small boat used for exploring.

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

7. Why is Captain Smith under arrest in Chapter 4?
(a) For stealing food.
(b) For stealing money from Captain Newport.
(c) For bringing women aboard the ship.
(d) For conspiracy to take control for himself.

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

9. What does Captain Smith tell Samuel will not work in Virginia when punishing him in Chapter 8?
(a) Telling jokes all day.
(b) Standing on his own.
(c) Starving himself.
(d) Disrespecting the gentlemen.

10. What does Captain Smith have Samuel do as punishment for fighting with Richard in Chapter 8?
(a) Go all day without eating.
(b) Scrub the cooking pots.
(c) Clean the slop buckets.
(d) Stand on one foot.

11. What color hair does Captain Smith have?
(a) Light blonde.
(b) Jet black.
(c) Strawberry blonde.
(d) Reddish-brown.

12. Who is the captain of the entire mission to the New World?
(a) Captain Ratcliffe.
(b) Captain Newport.
(c) Captain Smith.
(d) Captain Wingfield.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Alonguin greeting mean?

2. What do the natives NOT bring to the settlers in Chapter 13?

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

4. What chore does Samuel not want to do on the island in Chapter 6?

5. From whom do the settlers receive a letter just before Christmas?

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