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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 tradition began with the women of the Mayflower?
(a) Wednesday bathing day.
(b) Morning reading lessons for the children.
(c) Tuesday baking day.
(d) Monday wash day.

2. In the 1600s, who tried to navigate the same treacherous waters that the Mayflower encountered?
(a) La Salle.
(b) Marquette.
(c) Samuel Champlain.
(d) Jolliet.

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

4. What had killed many of the Indians in the area?
(a) Bubonic plague.
(b) Typhus.
(c) Chicken pox.
(d) Measles.

5. Who was the most powerful Native leader in the region?
(a) Squanto.
(b) Sachem.
(c) Hobamock.
(d) Massasoit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was William Bradford's occupation?

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

3. What Italian explorer had come to Narragansett Bay as early as 1524?

4. Who did William Bradford marry?

5. What Indian tribe did the Pilgrims befriend?

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