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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) Henry and Abram.
(b) Richard and James.
(c) Reverend Hunt and Richard.
(d) Captain Smith and Richard.

2. According to Captain Smith, what animals does England not have?
(a) Deer.
(b) Raccoons.
(c) Eagles.
(d) Siamese cats.

3. Who is the captain of the Susan Constant?
(a) John Smith.
(b) John Ratcliffe.
(c) Captain Newport.
(d) Master Wingfield.

4. What does Captain Newport NOT bring back to England?
(a) Clapboard.
(b) Shiny rocks.
(c) Sassafras root.
(d) A new pet dog.

5. When was Captain Smith made a prisoner before the instances in the novel?
(a) Fighting the Turks of the Ottoman Empire.
(b) Fighting the Spanish in Florida.
(c) Fighting the French in the Caribbean.
(d) Fighting the Carib Indians in the Caribbean.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Alonguin greeting?

2. What does the Virginia Company instruct the colonists to do in Chapter 9?

3. What is Gran Canaria?

4. What was Samuel's late father like?

5. What do the boys use as a target to practice shooting muskets in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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. Why do people come to Richard and Samuel's cabin in the morning?

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

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

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

10. Why is Captain Smith arrested?

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