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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 was Samuel's late father like?
(a) His father died in the New World.
(b) His father was a drunk.
(c) His father was a police officer.
(d) His father is a member of the Virginia Company.

2. How does Richard receive armor?
(a) He steals Captain Smith's armor.
(b) He takes Reverend Hunt's old armor.
(c) Samuel gives him his own set.
(d) Captain Smith cuts some down for him.

3. What happens to Samuel once they start to sail in Chapter 4?
(a) He becomes ill.
(b) He nearly falls off the ship.
(c) He realizes he forgot his mother's locket.
(d) He misses his home.

4. What do the natives NOT ask for from the settlers in Chapter 13?
(a) Muskets.
(b) Meat.
(c) Swords.
(d) Copper.

5. How is Master Wingfield punished in Chapter 13?
(a) He is lashed.
(b) He is not punished.
(c) He is placed under arrest and put on the Discovery.
(d) He is executed at the gallows.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard Call Samuel while the two are in the orphanage?

2. From where does the prophecy say that the threatening tribe will come?

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

4. Who is the captain of the Discovery?

5. What is the real name of Chief Powhatan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Captain Smith instruct Samuel to do while on the island in Chapter 6?

2. What does Captain Smith propose to do while under arrest and why?

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

4. With whom does Samuel share a bed on the ship?

5. How is Captain Smith released from imprisonment?

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

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

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

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

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

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