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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What color are the native dancing girls painted in Chapter 20?
(a) Red, white, and blue.
(b) Yellow, red, and green.
(c) Yellow, black, and white.
(d) White, black, and red.

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

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

5. Who is the new boy brought by Captain Newport in Chapter 17?
(a) Thomas Gates.
(b) Bartholomew Gosnold.
(c) Kainta.
(d) Thomas Savage.

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

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

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

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

10. What does Samuel notice about the natives' food customs in the Warraskoyack village?
(a) The food is full of mealworms.
(b) They have no rations.
(c) He is allergic to their food.
(d) They eat dogs.

11. What percentage of English were killed in James Town?
(a) 20 percent.
(b) 90 percent.
(c) 50 percent.
(d) 10 percent.

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

13. 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.

14. How does Captain Smith get hurt in Chapter 24?
(a) He accidentally falls into the fire.
(b) He is shot by a bow and arrow.
(c) He trips and falls on his sword.
(d) A bag of gunpowder is ignited.

15. Where does Samuel stay when Captain Smith goes to Powhatan in Chapter 22?
(a) He is sent back to England.
(b) At the camp.
(c) He waits in the ship.
(d) At the Warraskoyack village.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Samuel suspect he might have to serve criminals in Chapter 16?

2. What do some of the party want to do when Captain Smith is arrested in Chapter 16?

3. How many women are there aboard the next ship from England in Chapter 19?

4. What does Samuel tell Ann Laydon in Chapter 25?

5. What does Namontack think of King James in Chapter 19?

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