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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Captain Newport NOT bring back to England?
(a) Clapboard.
(b) Shiny rocks.
(c) A new pet dog.
(d) Sassafras root.

2. Who have settled in Florida by the time the novel takes place?
(a) The Spanish.
(b) The Chinese.
(c) The colonists from Roanoke.
(d) The Dutch.

3. What happens to one of the path-cutters in Chapter 6?
(a) He is stung by sap from a manchineel tree.
(b) He is attacked by a bear.
(c) He is accidentally shot by one of his fellow men.
(d) He is shot by a Carib Indian.

4. According to Captain Smith, what animals does England not have?
(a) Siamese cats.
(b) Raccoons.
(c) Eagles.
(d) Deer.

5. What do the natives NOT bring to the settlers in Chapter 13?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Fish.
(c) Bread.
(d) Corn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the captain of the Godspeed?

2. What does the Alonguin greeting mean?

3. Who is the captain of the Discovery?

4. What do the settlers routinely eat?

5. What do the boys use as a target to practice shooting muskets in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Reverend Hunt preach about in his four-hour sermon on the island of Nevis?

2. When an illness strikes the settlers in Chapter 12, what are some reasons given for it?

3. What does Captain Smith tell Samuel about anger in Chapter 8?

4. What happens to the group of gentlemen on the island of Mona?

5. Why was Samuel living in an orphanage?

6. What is the first island at which the Susan Constant anchors, and what does the crew get there?

7. Where have all the gentlemen gone at the end of Chapter 14?

8. How does Samuel propose that they protect themselves from arrows in Chapter 10?

9. On what grounds do the gentlemen arrest Captain Smith in Chapter 15?

10. What is Reverend Hunt's purpose in visiting the New World?

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