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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Susanna and William White name their son?
(a) William.
(b) Peregrine.
(c) Edward.
(d) Stephen.

3. What was the meaning of Squanto's and Hobbamock's names?
(a) Laughter.
(b) Clever.
(c) Lightning.
(d) Satan.

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

5. The Pilgrims had their first Indian visitor in Chapter 6. How was he armed?
(a) With a bow and a knife.
(b) With a knife.
(c) With a bow and two arrows.
(d) With a musket.

6. What treacherous area of water did the Mayflower encounter after 1 p.m. as they approached the New World?
(a) Cape Cod shoals.
(b) A whirlpool.
(c) Pollack Rip.
(d) Back side breakers.

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

8. What was the name of the Pilgrims' first Indian visitor?
(a) Samoset.
(b) Quadequina.
(c) Massasoit.
(d) Squanto.

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

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

11. When did the Mayflower arrive at Provincetown Harbor?
(a) November 11.
(b) November 2.
(c) December 1.
(d) October 30.

12. What Indian, besides the Indian who first visited the Pilgrims, could also speak English?
(a) Samoset.
(b) Massasoit.
(c) Quadequina.
(d) Squanto.

13. What happened after more than fifty years of peace between the Pilgrims and the Native Americans?
(a) Forts were built for protection.
(b) Deadly war.
(c) A trading post was established.
(d) A permanent peace agreement.

14. What was Massasoit's first impulse to do with the English?
(a) Trade with them.
(b) Curse them.
(c) Kill them.
(d) Make an alliance with them.

15. Who was the leader of the tribe that the Pilgrims befriended?
(a) Andrew.
(b) Nipmucks.
(c) Philip.
(d) Massasoit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which explorer drew a map of the area in 1605?

2. What Pilgrim went with Squanto to greet the sachem?

3. How many sachems came on September 13 to sign a treaty professing their loyalty to King James?

4. With the arrival of a ship in November of 1621, how many men and women were in Plymouth Colony?

5. What ship did the Pilgrims purchase?

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