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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 the Virginia Company want the colonists to do to make a profit in Chapter 19?
(a) Send the new seeds of new plants.
(b) Make glass, pitch, tar, and soap-ashes.
(c) Find silver.
(d) Hunt deer.

2. What is the native boy's opinion of the settlement in Chapter 17?
(a) He loves the settles' food.
(b) He is in awe of English technology.
(c) He prefers his village.
(d) He enjoys firing muskets.

3. What does King James want to happen to Chief Powhatan?
(a) He wants him executed at the gallows.
(b) He wants him sent as a prisoner to England.
(c) He wants to crown him as a prince.
(d) He wants to skin him alive.

4. What is the name of the first baby born in the New World?
(a) Pocahontas.
(b) Victoria.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Annie.

5. What does Samuel steal before going to Point Comfort?
(a) The English setters' cannon.
(b) The food rations from the camp.
(c) Ann Laydon's baby.
(d) Captain Ratcliffe's armor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard say to Samuel before leaving to return to England?

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

3. What does Kainta teach Samuel?

4. What does the natives' bug repellant do?

5. What historically happened to Pocahontas in 1613?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the purpose of Captain Smith's mission to Werowocomoco in Chapter 21?

4. How does Captain Smith behave differently from Captain Ratcliffe as president in Chapter 19?

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

6. What happens in James Town after Samuel leaves?

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

8. What winter was known as the Starving Time?

9. What are some things that Captain Newport brings when he comes back to James Town in Chapter 17?

10. Where and with whom does Samuel stay while Captain Smith goes to see Powhatan in Chapter 22?

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