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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 4, Beaten with Their Own Rod.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Indian tribe did the Pilgrims befriend?
(a) Wapanoags.
(b) Awashonks.
(c) Pocasset
(d) Narragansetts.

2. What event, according to the author, do most Americans associate with the birth of the United States?
(a) The Revolutionary War.
(b) Voyage of the Mayflower.
(c) The first Thanksgiving.
(d) The Mayflower Compact.

3. What had the Pilgrims brought on the Mayflower to plant in the spring?
(a) Wheat and soybeans.
(b) Wheat, barley, and peas.
(c) Corn, flax, and wheat.
(d) Soybeans and barley.

4. What Italian explorer had come to Narragansett Bay as early as 1524?
(a) Verrazano.
(b) Vespucci.
(c) Castiglione.
(d) Caboto.

5. Who had the Pilgrims considered asking to be their military leader?
(a) John Cabot.
(b) Champlain.
(c) John Smith.
(d) Jacques Cartier.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was to be the governor of the new colony?

2. What was the name of the military leader of the Pilgrims?

3. For how many days had the Mayflower blundered through storms and headwinds before reaching the New World?

4. In the 1600s, who tried to navigate the same treacherous waters that the Mayflower encountered?

5. What area did Jones likely follow as the Mayflower headed south?

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