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

2. What was the author researching when he decided to learn more about the Pilgrims?
(a) Cape Cod.
(b) Nantucket Island.
(c) Plymouth Colony.
(d) Boston.

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

4. How many people were on board the Mayflower?
(a) 102.
(b) 202.
(c) 134.
(d) 104.

5. What was Cape Cod known for?
(a) Wooded lands.
(b) Settlements of Indians.
(c) Large schools of cod fish.
(d) Dangerous waters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Pokanokets call their creator god?

2. Who controlled the part of Cape Cod where the Pilgrims stole the corn?

3. What did Bradford learn at the end of Chapter 4?

4. With whom did the Pilgrim's first Indian visitor spend the night?

5. What did the Pilgrims wish they could catch?

(see the answer key)

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