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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Standish and the other men find on a high shore side hill?
(a) Graves.
(b) Indian pottery.
(c) Dried Indian corn.
(d) Items from a French shipwreck.

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

3. In the 1600s, who tried to navigate the same treacherous waters that the Mayflower encountered?
(a) Jolliet.
(b) Samuel Champlain.
(c) Marquette.
(d) La Salle.

4. Who did William Bradford marry?
(a) Susanna White.
(b) Delphina Smythe.
(c) Elizabeth Brewster.
(d) Dorothy May.

5. What explorer did Massasoit attack when the explorer arrived one summer after the Indians had been attacked?
(a) Thomas Dermer.
(b) Verazzano.
(c) John Smith.
(d) Champlain.

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

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

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

9. With whom did the Pilgrim's first Indian visitor spend the night?
(a) John Howland.
(b) Governor Carver and his family.
(c) Stephen Hopkins and his family.
(d) William Bradford.

10. Why did Bradford not execute Squanto for his role in the plot to overthrow Massasoit?
(a) He felt sorry for Squanto.
(b) He did not think he was guilty.
(c) He felt sorry for Squanto's children.
(d) He wanted to keep his interpreter.

11. What did the Pilgrims do on November 12?
(a) Attempted to rebuilt the shallop.
(b) Worshipped God.
(c) Washed clothes.
(d) Chopped wood.

12. Who is the carpenter turned Indian fighter that the author will focus on in the book?
(a) William Bradford.
(b) William Brewster.
(c) Benjamin Church
(d) Edward Winslow.

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

14. Who had the Pilgrims considered asking to be their military leader?
(a) Jacques Cartier.
(b) Champlain.
(c) John Cabot.
(d) John Smith.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By spring 1621, how many of those who had originally arrive at Provincetown had died?

2. What was the biggest problem with the arrival of another ship in November of 1621?

3. How many people died each day in February and March, 1621?

4. How many people were on board the Mayflower?

5. What governing document was drawn up before the Pilgrims went ashore?

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