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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. Who are Samuel's bunk mates on the ship to the New World?
(a) Captain Smith and Richard.
(b) Henry and Abram.
(c) Reverend Hunt and Richard.
(d) Richard and James.

2. What chore does Samuel not want to do on the island in Chapter 6?
(a) Clear brush.
(b) Build a fence.
(c) Go hunting.
(d) Scrub pots.

3. What does Richard Call Samuel while the two are in the orphanage?
(a) "Filthy street urchin."
(b) "Ugly duckling."
(c) "Jail rat."
(d) "Mongrel."

4. What infests the settlers food?
(a) Arsenic.
(b) Mealworms.
(c) Feces.
(d) Ants.

5. What does Captain Smith have Samuel do as punishment for fighting with Richard in Chapter 8?
(a) Scrub the cooking pots.
(b) Go all day without eating.
(c) Clean the slop buckets.
(d) Stand on one foot.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Samuel know how to read?

2. Who perishes on the hunting expedition in Chapter 7?

3. What is the Alonguin greeting?

4. What ultimately scares off the attacking natives in Chapter 10?

5. What does Samuel help build in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who dies in the first attack by the natives and how?

2. After the illness abates, what do the natives ask for when they approach the camp, and what do they offer?

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

4. Why does Samuel, along with most of the other men, want to go to the New World?

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

6. How old is Samuel when he boards the Susan Constant at the outset of the novel?

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

8. How does Richard describe the natives to Samuel?

9. Why does the crew not stop in Florida?

10. How is Captain Smith released from imprisonment?

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