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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did a fire start in the camp in Chapter 17?
(a) The natives started the fire.
(b) It is unknown how the fire started.
(c) Thomas Gates accidentally lit a match.
(d) The gentlemen dropped an ember while cooking.

2. Who arrived to James Town in 1619?
(a) King James.
(b) The Spanish.
(c) The French.
(d) The first Africans.

3. How many women are there aboard the next ship from England in Chapter 19?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

4. What does the nickname "Pocahontas" mean?
(a) "Beautiful spirit."
(b) "Clever mind."
(c) "Wealth princess."
(d) "Playful one."

5. Why is Samuel pardoned in Chapter 27?
(a) Captain Davies wants Samuel as his apprentice.
(b) Ann Burras intervenes.
(c) Ann Burras dies before she can charge him.
(d) Nathaniel takes the blame.

6. What does Kainta teach Samuel?
(a) How to cook hominy.
(b) How to make bows and arrows.
(c) How to grow vegetables successfully.
(d) How to do a native dance.

7. Where does Samuel live at Point Comfort at the end of the novel?
(a) With Nathaniel.
(b) With Ann and John Laydon.
(c) In his own tent.
(d) With Captain Davies.

8. Why does Samuel suspect he might have to serve criminals in Chapter 16?
(a) He is afraid that Captain Smith is a criminal.
(b) He is afraid that the natives will take over the settlement.
(c) He is afraid that Captain Smith will be hanged.
(d) He is afraid that Reverend Hunt is a criminal.

9. What happens to Reverend Hunt when Samuel returns from his mission to Powhatan?
(a) Reverend Hunt got married.
(b) Reverend Hunt has gone back to England.
(c) Reverend Hunt becomes ill.
(d) Reverend Hunt left on a mission and hasn't returned.

10. What is the first thing that Samuel tries to do in the Warraskoyack village?
(a) Escape.
(b) Write a letter to Richard.
(c) Help the girls pound corn into meal.
(d) Hunt for meat.

11. Who is Kainta?
(a) Powhatan's son.
(b) A traitorous native.
(c) Chief Sasenticum's son.
(d) An orphaned native.

12. What is Samuel's punishment for theft in Chapter 26?
(a) He is returned to England.
(b) He is returned to James Town.
(c) He is put in shackles.
(d) He is sent to the gallows.

13. What does Captain Smith tell Samuel before leaving to return to England?
(a) He hopes that Samuel can someday come back to England.
(b) He will return to James Town.
(c) He thinks he will die on the return trip to England.
(d) He regrets ever having made the journey.

14. How does Samuel react to the women who arrive in Chapter 19?
(a) He resents the attention they get.
(b) It makes him miss his mother.
(c) He wishes they were prettier.
(d) He hopes to marry one of them.

15. What does King James want to happen to Chief Powhatan?
(a) He wants to crown him as a prince.
(b) He wants to skin him alive.
(c) He wants him sent as a prisoner to England.
(d) He wants him executed at the gallows.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the historical John Rolfe grow successfully in Virginia?

2. What does Captain Smith do to Samuel in Chapter 24?

3. What does Samuel learn before being punished in Chapter 26?

4. What does Samuel notice about the natives' food customs in the Warraskoyack village?

5. What does the Virginia Company want the colonists to do to make a profit in Chapter 19?

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