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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 products do the English want from the Orient?
(a) Indian elephants.
(b) Chinese silk.
(c) Mongolian weapons.
(d) Turkish tea.

2. Why do the English seek a passage to the Orient?
(a) To conquer Mongolia.
(b) To trade with China and India.
(c) The attack the Spanish.
(d) To trade with the Carib Indians.

3. What does the hunting expedition group do with the deceased man in Chapter 7?
(a) They build a shallow grave.
(b) They cremate him.
(c) They throw him overboard.
(d) They set him adrift into the sea.

4. What does Captain Smith use to clean swords?
(a) Urine.
(b) Oil.
(c) Sand.
(d) Gold.

5. Who accuses Captain Smith of lying in Chapter 15?
(a) Samuel.
(b) Henry.
(c) Master Wingfield.
(d) Richard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Samuel steal at the beginning of the novel?

2. To whom did Samuel's armor once belong?

3. What is the real name of Chief Powhatan?

4. What is Gran Canaria?

5. How is Master Wingfield punished in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Samuel do to Richard at the orphanage and what provokes him?

2. What does Captain Smith do to teach Samuel a lesson when he finds him fighting with Richard?

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

4. How is Captain Smith released from imprisonment?

5. What illicit act is Samuel performing in the first chapter?

6. Why does the crew not stop in Florida?

7. How does Richard describe the natives to Samuel?

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

9. How does Samuel acquire armor in Chapter 11?

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

(see the answer keys)

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