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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 is the name of the river at the new settlement?

2. What is the Alonguin greeting?

3. What was the name of the French colony in Florida?

4. What do the natives NOT bring to the settlers in Chapter 13?

5. To whom did Samuel's armor once belong?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Captain Smith released from imprisonment?

3. What does Samuel do to Richard at the orphanage and what provokes him?

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

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

6. Why does the crew not stop in Florida?

7. How does Samuel propose that they protect themselves from arrows in Chapter 10?

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

9. What happens to the group of gentlemen on the island of Mona?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Write an essay analyzing Samuel's relationship with Captain Smith. What important lessons and skills does he learn from Captain Smith? What impact does Captain Smith have on Samuel's life?

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