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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 2, Dangerous Shoals and Roaring Breakers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the ship's helmsman stationed?
(a) On the poop deck.
(b) On the main deck.
(c) In steerage.
(d) In the pilot's room.

2. Who wrote a book about the voyage of the Mayflower?
(a) William Bradford.
(b) John Robinson.
(c) William Brewster.
(d) Robert Cushman.

3. What governing document was drawn up before the Pilgrims went ashore?
(a) Plymouth Colony agreement.
(b) Mayflower Compact.
(c) Magna Carta.
(d) Charter of Plymouth Colony.

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

5. Where did the Pilgrims live most of their time in Holland?
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) Leiden.
(c) Assen.
(d) Haarlem.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did William Bradford marry?

2. How close were the nearest English communities in America to the new colony at Plymouth?

3. What is the name of the war that occurred in 1675?

4. In 1676, what ship left the shores of New England?

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

(see the answer key)

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