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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 did the natives do during the winter of 1609-10?
(a) They kidnapped an English woman.
(b) They set fire to the settlers' boats.
(c) Then went to Hog Island and slaughtered the hogs.
(d) They stole the settlers' weapons.

2. What does Samuel learn before being punished in Chapter 26?
(a) The natives attacked the English in the cover of night.
(b) The natives set fire to the English camp.
(c) The natives stole the settlers' ship.
(d) The natives set a trap for the English.

3. Whom will Ann Burras marry?
(a) John Laydon.
(b) Bartholomew Gosnold.
(c) Captain Smith.
(d) Richard.

4. Who is the new boy brought by Captain Newport in Chapter 17?
(a) Kainta.
(b) Bartholomew Gosnold.
(c) Thomas Gates.
(d) Thomas Savage.

5. What does Samuel tell Ann Laydon in Chapter 25?
(a) There is no safety in James Town.
(b) He thinks she should join him at Warraskoyack village.
(c) He loves her.
(d) He thinks she should return to England.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Samuel travel to Point Comfort in Chapter 26?

2. Who was Thomas Gates?

3. To whom does Samuel speak at the novel's close?

4. What message do the natives bring about Chief Powhatan in Chapter 22?

5. Why does Samuel think that Reverend Hunt got his miracle in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. What human trade does Chief Powhatan make with the English in Chapter 18?

2. What does Samuel learn happened to Captain Smith during his trip to trade with Powhatan in Chapter 22?

3. Why does Samuel steal the baby Virginia?

4. How does Captain Newport plan to make a profit for England in the absence of gold in Chapter 19?

5. What does Pocahontas do when she arrives at the English settlement in Chapter 17?

6. Why is Samuel enthusiastic at the prospect of going to Point Comfort in Chapter 25?

7. In Chapter 23, does the government of James Town change in the summer of 1609?

8. Who arrived in the James Town colony in 1619 on a privateering ship?

9. Who does Ann Burras marry in Chapter 21, and what does Samuel think of him?

10. What message does Samuel speak to his mom in heaven in Chapter 26?

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