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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. How long can Indian corn be stored without spoiling?
(a) Indefinitely, if kept dry.
(b) A year, if kept dry.
(c) Two or three years, if kept dry.
(d) Ten years, if kept dry.

2. By spring 1621, how many of those who had originally arrive at Provincetown had died?
(a) 52.
(b) 72.
(c) 24.
(d) 10.

3. What was the first building built by the Pilgrims?
(a) A fort.
(b) A common house.
(c) A storehouse.
(d) A single family home.

4. What English explorer sailed from Maine in a small open boat?
(a) Sir Frances Drake.
(b) Thomas Dermer.
(c) John Cabot.
(d) Henry Hudson.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Mayflower not return to England after a settlement site was found?

2. Who did William Bradford marry?

3. Who was the Mayflower's governor?

4. How old was the most powerful Native leader in the region?

5. When did the Mayflower arrive at Provincetown Harbor?

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