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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. Which step is NOT involved in firing a musket?
(a) Putting in the musket ball.
(b) Mixing plaster into the gunpowder.
(c) Priming the pan.
(d) Cocking the match.

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

3. Why is Captain Smith under arrest in Chapter 4?
(a) For stealing food.
(b) For conspiracy to take control for himself.
(c) For bringing women aboard the ship.
(d) For stealing money from Captain Newport.

4. What does the Virginia Company instruct the colonists to do in Chapter 9?
(a) Rescue the colonists at Roanoke.
(b) Displace the Spanish.
(c) Not write anything bad about the New World.
(d) Kill all of the natives.

5. To whom did Samuel's armor once belong?
(a) Reverend Hunt before he became a minister.
(b) Master Clovell.
(c) Captain Smith's father.
(d) Captain Smith as a boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the crew eat on the ship?

2. What happens to Smith when he is placed under arrest in Chapter 4?

3. What does Captain Newport NOT bring back to England?

4. Why does Samuel want to bring the pot to the upper deck in Chapter 5?

5. What happens to Samuel when he steals from the shopkeeper in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. During the period of illness, what secret does Samuel discover about President Wingfield in Chapter 12?

3. How does Richard describe the natives to Samuel?

4. Why was Samuel living in an orphanage?

5. What do Captain Smith and Samuel see while anchored near the island of Guadeloupe?

6. Why is Captain Smith upset when Samuel first sees him on the docks?

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

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

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

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

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