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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 7, Thanksgiving.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the most powerful Native leader in the region live?
(a) About 20 miles southwest of Cape Cod.
(b) About 60 miles southwest of Provincetown Harbor.
(c) On an island near the Pilgrims.
(d) About 30 miles away.

2. Why did the Pilgrims decide not to settle at Cold Harbor?
(a) It was too cold.
(b) The harbor was too shallow.
(c) There was not enough shelter.
(d) There was no source of fresh water.

3. How close were the nearest English communities in America to the new colony at Plymouth?
(a) Over 3,000 miles.
(b) About 1,000 miles.
(c) More than 500 miles.
(d) About 100 miles.

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

5. Where did Bradford go to worship when he became uneasy with the way God was worshipped in Austerfield?
(a) Leiden.
(b) Grimsby.
(c) Lincolnshire.
(d) Scrooby.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the Pilgrims wish they could catch?

3. What had the Pilgrims brought on the Mayflower to plant in the spring?

4. What Indian, besides the Indian who first visited the Pilgrims, could also speak English?

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

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