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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

4. What does Namontack think of King James in Chapter 19?
(a) He is weak.
(b) He is generous.
(c) He is cruel.
(d) He is handsome.

5. What is Pocahontas' real name?
(a) Powhatina.
(b) Wingapo.
(c) Amonute.
(d) Kainta.

6. What does Samuel learn when he turns to the camp in Chapter 23?
(a) Ann Burras went back to England with her husband.
(b) Ann Burras will have a baby.
(c) John Laydon had an affair, and Ann is divorcing him.
(d) Ann Burras is very hill.

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

8. What is the name of the English fort at Point Comfort?
(a) Fort Algernon.
(b) Fort Tecumseh.
(c) Fort Hunt.
(d) Fort Smith.

9. 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 the natives will take over the settlement.
(c) He is afraid that Reverend Hunt is a criminal.
(d) He is afraid that Captain Smith is a criminal.

10. How is the fire extinguished in Chapter 17?
(a) The settlers pass buckets from the river.
(b) Reverend Hunt prays for it to stop.
(c) It starts to rain.
(d) The natives bring water.

11. What happens to Reverend Hunt when Samuel returns from his mission to Powhatan?
(a) Reverend Hunt left on a mission and hasn't returned.
(b) Reverend Hunt becomes ill.
(c) Reverend Hunt got married.
(d) Reverend Hunt has gone back to England.

12. How does Samuel react to the women who arrive in Chapter 19?
(a) He resents the attention they get.
(b) He hopes to marry one of them.
(c) It makes him miss his mother.
(d) He wishes they were prettier.

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

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

15. What do the natives bring to Captain Smith in Chapter 17?
(a) A variety of berries.
(b) Arrowheads.
(c) Bread, fish, and meat.
(d) Bows and arrows.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing that Samuel tries to do in the Warraskoyack village?

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

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

4. Whom will Ann Burras marry?

5. What did Captain Smith leave when he died?

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