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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Samuel think that Reverend Hunt got his miracle in Chapter 16?
(a) Master Wingfield becomes ill.
(b) Captain Smith breaks out of his chains.
(c) Master Archer dies of a heart attack.
(d) He sees a ship on the horizon.

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

4. 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.

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

6. Where do the boys encounter Ann Burras for the first time?
(a) When she is filling water buckets at the river.
(b) When she is secretly meeting a man at night.
(c) When she is picking flowers in the field.
(d) When she gets lost in the woods.

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

8. What happened to the historical Chief Opechancanough?
(a) He converted to Christianity.
(b) He was the first native to go to England.
(c) He relocated to Point Comfort.
(d) He was captured and killed.

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

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

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

12. What was the name of the real Pocahontas' son?
(a) John.
(b) Kainta.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Samuel.

13. Why did it take so long for Thomas Gates to arrive?
(a) He was reluctant to leave England.
(b) He got lost.
(c) His crew tried to mutiny.
(d) He was shipwrecked in Bermuda.

14. Who is the servant boy that comes to live with the settlers in Chapter 18?
(a) Sasenticum.
(b) Kainta.
(c) Werowocomoco.
(d) Namontack.

15. What does Samuel learn before being punished in Chapter 26?
(a) The natives set a trap for the English.
(b) The natives stole the settlers' ship.
(c) The natives set fire to the English camp.
(d) The natives attacked the English in the cover of night.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chief Sasenticum tell Captain Smith in Chapter 22?

2. What historically happened to Pocahontas in 1613?

3. Why is Samuel pardoned in Chapter 27?

4. What message do the natives bring about Chief Powhatan in Chapter 22?

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

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