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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 6, In a Dark and Dismal Swamp.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old was the most powerful Native leader in the region?
(a) 35.
(b) 27.
(c) 52.
(d) 48.

3. What was constructed on the high hill?
(a) Several houses.
(b) A common house.
(c) A platform to mount cannons.
(d) A storehouse.

4. In 1676, what ship left the shores of New England?
(a) The Seaflower.
(b) Fortune.
(c) Speedwell.
(d) Little James.

5. For how many days had the Mayflower blundered through storms and headwinds before reaching the New World?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 65 days.
(c) 4 months.
(d) 45 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What day did the Mayflower leave Provincetown Harbor?

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

3. What was a third name for the spirit that Massasoit's people associated with death, night, and the bitter northeast wind?

4. What was the name of an ominous Pokanokets spirit of darkness?

5. What book tells about the voyage of the Mayflower?

(see the answer key)

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