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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 Samuel hope Captain Smith will bring him in Chapter 11?
(a) A necklace.
(b) A Bible.
(c) A musket.
(d) A meal of meat.

2. What do the trees surrounding the settlement remind Samuel of?
(a) A nightmare.
(b) A cathedral.
(c) His home in England.
(d) A childhood trip to Ireland.

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

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

5. Does Captain Smith announce happened to his fellow travelers during his excursion in Chapter 14?
(a) They drowned.
(b) They were killed by savages.
(c) They were attacked by a bear.
(d) They chose to live with the natives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the settlers routinely eat?

2. What color hair does Captain Smith have?

3. What do the settlers try to grow in their harvest?

4. How do the settlers scare away the attacking Indians in Chapter 9?

5. What is the name of the doctor on board the ship?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What do the settlers give the natives whom they first encounter in Virginia?

7. Why does Captain Smith and his party return from his excursion in Chapter 11?

8. What happens to Captain Smith when he is placed under arrest?

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

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

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