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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Samuel steal before going to Point Comfort?
(a) Ann Laydon's baby.
(b) Captain Ratcliffe's armor.
(c) The English setters' cannon.
(d) The food rations from the camp.

2. What does Samuel contribute to the communal stew in Chapter 22?
(a) A deer he has killed.
(b) A rabbit he has killed.
(c) Spices from India.
(d) Vegetables he has grown.

3. What do the settlers eat during the winter in Chapter 22?
(a) Nuts and berries from the natives.
(b) Rationed grain.
(c) Stolen meat.
(d) Dead bodies.

4. What does Captain Newport take when he leaves in December in Chapter 22?
(a) Chief Powhatan.
(b) Pocahontas.
(c) The women.
(d) Food stores.

5. What is Samuel's impression of Powhatan when he meets them?
(a) He thinks he is frail and weak.
(b) He thinks he is fat and ugly.
(c) He thinks he is kind and welcoming.
(d) He thinks he is tall and strong.

6. What is the historical reason that the travelers cannot travel between James Town and Point Comfort?
(a) There was a bear attacking travelers.
(b) The natives set an ambush.
(c) The river turned to ice.
(d) The ships caught on fire.

7. How does Samuel travel to Point Comfort in Chapter 26?
(a) By canoe.
(b) By shallop.
(c) In the Discovery.
(d) On foot.

8. What happens when Captain Newport goes to Powhatan?
(a) Powhatan tries to kill him.
(b) He has to demonstrate how to kneel when Powhatan refuses.
(c) He gets lost.
(d) He becomes sick from poisonous tree sap.

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

10. Where will Samuel go for the winter in Chapter 25?
(a) Point Comfort.
(b) Back to England.
(c) To the Warraskoyack village.
(d) To live with Powhatan.

11. What were the settlers at James Town forced to do over the winter?
(a) They killed each other and ate the dead.
(b) They were forced to eat dogs and rats.
(c) They killed the natives and ate them.
(d) They drowned themselves.

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

13. What historically happened to Pocahontas in 1613?
(a) She was kidnapped by the English.
(b) She had a baby.
(c) She killed her father.
(d) She killed herself.

14. Whom did the real-life Pocahontas marry?
(a) John Rolfe.
(b) Captain Smith.
(c) Richard.
(d) Samuel.

15. What does Pocahontas do when visiting the settlers in Chapter 17?
(a) She is in awe of the settlers' ships.
(b) She tries to steal a musket.
(c) She makes fun of the settlers' poor harvest.
(d) She challenges the boys to a foot race.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the real Pocahontas die?

2. Who is the servant boy that comes to live with the settlers in Chapter 18?

3. What does Richard say to Samuel before leaving to return to England?

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

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

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