View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to one of the path-cutters in Chapter 6?
(a) He is attacked by a bear.
(b) He is accidentally shot by one of his fellow men.
(c) He is stung by sap from a manchineel tree.
(d) He is shot by a Carib Indian.

2. How do the settlers scare away the attacking Indians in Chapter 9?
(a) They fire a musket.
(b) They release attack dogs.
(c) They shout Algonquin threats.
(d) They steal their bows and arrows.

3. What do the other settlers seek from Richard and Samuel?
(a) Gunpowder.
(b) The book of Algonquin words.
(c) Embers for a fire.
(d) Bread.

4. What does Richard Call Samuel while the two are in the orphanage?
(a) "Filthy street urchin."
(b) "Mongrel."
(c) "Ugly duckling."
(d) "Jail rat."

5. What does Samuel hope Captain Smith will bring him in Chapter 11?
(a) A musket.
(b) A necklace.
(c) A meal of meat.
(d) A Bible.

6. Why does Samuel want to bring the pot to the upper deck in Chapter 5?
(a) He is is feeling ill and needs air.
(b) He wants to see land.
(c) He feels bad for insulting James.
(d) He is afraid of being punished for not doing his chores.

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

8. What was the name of the French colony in Florida?
(a) Fort Lauderdale.
(b) Fort Orlando.
(c) Fort Oglethorpe.
(d) Fort Caroline.

9. What is the real name of Chief Powhatan?
(a) Amonute.
(b) Namontack.
(c) Werowocomoco.
(d) Wahunsonacock.

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

11. Where do the passengers relieve themselves?
(a) In portable toilets.
(b) In slop buckets.
(c) On the lower deck.
(d) Over the decks.

12. From whom do the settlers receive a letter just before Christmas?
(a) Chief Powhatan.
(b) Captain Newport.
(c) Captain Smith.
(d) Samuel's old orphanage.

13. What chore does Samuel not want to do on the island in Chapter 6?
(a) Scrub pots.
(b) Clear brush.
(c) Build a fence.
(d) Go hunting.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Samuel know how to read?

2. What sort of food was Master Winfield hoarding?

3. On what island does Samuel convalesce?

4. What do the trees surrounding the settlement remind Samuel of?

5. Why do the Indians not take the cannon in Chapter 15?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 466 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample