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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. What products do the English want from the Orient?

2. What does Captain Smith tell Samuel about anger in Chapter 8?

3. What is the name of the emperor of the native tribes?

4. What do the natives NOT ask for from the settlers in Chapter 13?

5. What do the trees surrounding the settlement remind Samuel of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Samuel living in an orphanage?

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

3. How is Captain Smith released from imprisonment?

4. Why is Captain Smith arrested?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing the author’s narrative tone and writing style. Use examples from the text as evidence for your choice of a particular tone (using 4-5 instances throughout the novel).

Essay Topic 2

Namontack, a strong Indian boy, appears in Chapter 18 as the result of a trade with the Powhatan tribe for an English boy. What is both the purpose and effect of this exchange? Are the desired aims of this exchange achieved? In your essay, discuss both the effect of Namontack's arrival on Samuel, and the effect on the larger group of settlers.

Essay Topic 3

When Reverend Hunt tries to convert Namontack to Christianity, Namontack replies with a creation myth of a Great Hare. Use the internet to research a Native American legend (this can be a creation myth, like Namontack's, or another type of legend). Is this myth didactic (i.e. does it teach us something) or is it just a story?

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