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

2. What group of investors did Thomas Weston represent?
(a) Merchant Adventurers.
(b) Virginia Company.
(c) Plymouth Company.
(d) King's Adventurers.

3. Who is the carpenter turned Indian fighter that the author will focus on in the book?
(a) Benjamin Church
(b) William Brewster.
(c) Edward Winslow.
(d) William Bradford.

4. How many men did not sign the agreement before the Mayflower landed?
(a) 27.
(b) 5.
(c) 9.
(d) 13.

5. What happened after more than fifty years of peace between the Pilgrims and the Native Americans?
(a) Forts were built for protection.
(b) Deadly war.
(c) A permanent peace agreement.
(d) A trading post was established.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Susanna and William White name their son?

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

4. Who wrote a book about the voyage of the Mayflower?

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

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