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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Captain Smith do to Samuel in Chapter 24?
(a) Tells him to tell Pocahontas that he loves her.
(b) Releases him from servitude.
(c) Asks him to pray for him.
(d) Asks him to take his journal and keep it safe.

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

3. Which of the following is NOT a change brought by Captain Newport in Chapter 17?
(a) Dogs have arrived to the colony.
(b) He brings chickens.
(c) Every settler must keep a bow and arrow.
(d) Sixty new colonists arrive.

4. What does the natives' bug repellant do?
(a) Smells like pleasant perfume.
(b) Turns skin red.
(c) Causes an itch.
(d) Stings when it is applied.

5. What does Samuel tell Ann Laydon in Chapter 25?
(a) He thinks she should return to England.
(b) He thinks she should join him at Warraskoyack village.
(c) He loves her.
(d) There is no safety in James Town.

6. What do some of the party want to do when Captain Smith is arrested in Chapter 16?
(a) They want to steal the gentlemen's weapons.
(b) They want to start a war against the gentlemen.
(c) They want to kill Master Archer.
(d) They want to secretly set Captain Smith free.

7. Who became ruler when Powhatan died?
(a) His son.
(b) His cousin.
(c) Pocahontas.
(d) His brother.

8. With what punishment does Master Archer threaten Captain Smith?
(a) A knife in the heart.
(b) A musket shot.
(c) The gallows.
(d) An arrow through the heart.

9. Where does Samuel hide what he has stolen in Chapter 26?
(a) In Nathaniel's tent.
(b) In a bay secluded from the settlement.
(c) In his pcoket.
(d) In a cave in the woods.

10. What did the natives do during the winter of 1609-10?
(a) They set fire to the settlers' boats.
(b) They stole the settlers' weapons.
(c) Then went to Hog Island and slaughtered the hogs.
(d) They kidnapped an English woman.

11. What is the name of the first baby born in the New World?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Pocahontas.
(c) Victoria.
(d) Annie.

12. When more Europeans arrived, where did the natives move?
(a) To England.
(b) To reservations.
(c) To the west.
(d) To the plantations of the south.

13. What does Pocahontas challenge the boys to imitate?
(a) Cooking chicken over a fire.
(b) A cartwheel.
(c) Hitting a tree with a bow and arrow.
(d) Braiding her hair.

14. What is Samuel doing at the novel's close?
(a) Writing a letter to Captain Smith.
(b) Gathering firewood.
(c) Swimming in the river.
(d) Writing a letter to Richard.

15. To whom does Samuel speak at the novel's close?
(a) Captain Smith.
(b) Richard.
(c) His mother.
(d) Reverend Hunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where will Samuel go for the winter in Chapter 25?

2. What does the nickname "Pocahontas" mean?

3. What did the actual settlers do after the winter of 1609-10?

4. What color are the native dancing girls painted in Chapter 20?

5. Where does Samuel stay when Captain Smith goes to Powhatan in Chapter 22?

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