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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was to be the governor of the new colony?
(a) John Carver.
(b) William Bradford.
(c) Robert Cushman.
(d) John Howland.

2. What day did the Mayflower leave Provincetown Harbor?
(a) December 25.
(b) December 15.
(c) December 1.
(d) November 30.

3. What Italian explorer had come to Narragansett Bay as early as 1524?
(a) Verrazano.
(b) Caboto.
(c) Vespucci.
(d) Castiglione.

4. How many people died each day in February and March, 1621?
(a) Two or three.
(b) One or two.
(c) One.
(d) Four or five.

5. Who wrote a book about the voyage of the Mayflower?
(a) William Brewster.
(b) John Robinson.
(c) Robert Cushman.
(d) William Bradford.

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

7. What area did Jones likely follow as the Mayflower headed south?
(a) The continental shelf.
(b) The breakers.
(c) The shoals.
(d) The Edge.

8. Who led the author to write about the Pilgrims?
(a) Philip.
(b) Benjamin Church.
(c) Massassoit.
(d) William Bradford.

9. Where was the ship's helmsman stationed?
(a) On the main deck.
(b) In steerage.
(c) In the pilot's room.
(d) On the poop deck.

10. 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.

11. What Pilgrim went with Squanto to greet the sachem?
(a) Edward Winslow.
(b) William Bradford.
(c) Stephen Hopkins.
(d) John Carver.

12. Who allowed war to happen?
(a) Massassoit and Bradford.
(b) Philip and Josiah Winslow.
(c) Church and Andrew.
(d) Bradford and Church.

13. What sachem tried to have Squanto killed in Chapter 7?
(a) Canacum.
(b) Corbitant.
(c) Massasoit.
(d) Tokamahamon.

14. When was the "First Thanksgiving" most likely held?
(a) Late September or early October.
(b) August.
(c) November.
(d) December.

15. What was different about the trees in New England from those in England?
(a) There were no birch trees in England.
(b) There were no maples in England.
(c) The trees were taller in England.
(d) Brilliant fall colors.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Pilgrims had their first Indian visitor in Chapter 6. How was he armed?

2. What was the author researching when he decided to learn more about the Pilgrims?

3. When did the Mayflower arrive at Provincetown Harbor?

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

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

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