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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whom will Ann Burras marry?
(a) Richard.
(b) Bartholomew Gosnold.
(c) Captain Smith.
(d) John Laydon.

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

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

5. What did Captain Smith leave when he died?
(a) A new type of sword he invented.
(b) Valuable writings.
(c) A daughter.
(d) A son.

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

7. Why does Reverend Hunt apprehend Samuel in Chapter 16?
(a) Samuel tries to punch Richard.
(b) Samuel attacks Master Archer.
(c) Samuel steaks Captain Smith's sword.
(d) Samuel tries to escape.

8. What happens to Captain Ratcliffe at the end of the novel?
(a) He was shot with his own musket.
(b) He was tortured to death.
(c) He was skinned alive.
(d) He was drowned.

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

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

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

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

13. What is Ann Burras' mistress like?
(a) She is elderly and and frail.
(b) She is clever and manipulative.
(c) She is fat and demanding.
(d) She is beautiful.

14. What news does Namontack bring concerning Captain Smith in Chapter 22?
(a) He escaped Powhatan's trap.
(b) He drowned en route to see Powhatan.
(c) He was killed in an ambush on the way to see Powhatan.
(d) Powhatan killed him with poison.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Samuel speak at the novel's close?

2. Where does Samuel hide what he has stolen in Chapter 26?

3. What does Samuel think of Namontack?

4. What do two of the new settlers do in Chapter 23?

5. When more Europeans arrived, where did the natives move?

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