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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Chapter 13, Kindling the Flame.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ominous event occurred the night of June 26, 1675.
(a) Total eclipse of the moon.
(b) A meteor shower.
(c) An large piece of an asteroid fell on the ground.
(d) A midnight raid.

2. What did the Pilgrims do on November 12?
(a) Chopped wood.
(b) Washed clothes.
(c) Attempted to rebuilt the shallop.
(d) Worshipped God.

3. What did Standish and the other men find on a high shore side hill?
(a) Graves.
(b) Indian pottery.
(c) Items from a French shipwreck.
(d) Dried Indian corn.

4. What was a shocking outrage to the Puritans at Kickemuit?
(a) The Indians captured some white women.
(b) The Indians had raped a white woman.
(c) The Indians had torn a Bible.
(d) The Indians had sent their dogs into a church.

5. What ship appeared at Provincetown Harbor in November of 1621?
(a) Maine.
(b) Fortune.
(c) Anne.
(d) Weston.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who told the Pilgrims that Squanto was plotting against them?

2. What did Winslow designate Thursday, June 24, 1675?

3. What had the Pilgrims brought on the Mayflower to plant in the spring?

4. What did the Pilgrims wish they could catch?

5. What tradition began with the women of the Mayflower?

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