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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Indians not take the cannon in Chapter 15?

2. What happens to Samuel when he steals from the shopkeeper in Chapter 1?

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

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

5. From whom do the settlers receive a letter just before Christmas?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Captain Smith choose to sail up the Chickahominy River in December?

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

3. What happens to Captain Smith when he is placed under arrest?

4. What are the names of the three ships bound for the New World?

5. Who dies in the first attack by the natives and how?

6. Why does Samuel, along with most of the other men, want to go to the New World?

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

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

9. After the illness abates, what do the natives ask for when they approach the camp, and what do they offer?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the heart of the novel is the theme of a clash of cultures. Analyze the ways in which the English and the natives antagonize one another, and trace how this relationship changes over time. Who are the main players responsible for this change? Do you think this clash was inevitable? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Choose a theme from the novel (i.e. cooperation, clash of cultures, adventure, survival) and identify 4-5 places in the text where that theme is demonstrated by the author. In addition to identifying the individual moments, explain how the author develops the theme over the course of the novel as a whole.

Essay Topic 3

People have different reactions to the first encounter with the natives in Chapter 9. Select three characters and explain what their different reactions to the natives reveal about each character's experience or disposition.

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