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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who accompanied an English explorer who sailed from Maine in a small open boat?
(a) An Indian named Massassoit.
(b) An Indian named Epenow.
(c) An Indian named Tisquantum.
(d) An Indian named Hobbamock.

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

3. When did the Pilgrims sail to the New World in search of religious freedom?
(a) 1562.
(b) 1710.
(c) 1620.
(d) 1492.

4. For how many days had the Mayflower blundered through storms and headwinds before reaching the New World?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 65 days.
(c) 4 months.
(d) 45 days.

5. How old was the most powerful Native leader in the region?
(a) 48.
(b) 35.
(c) 52.
(d) 27.

6. What happened to Squanto at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) He caught typhus.
(b) He was captured by the Nauset.
(c) He died.
(d) He was imprisoned.

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

8. 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.

9. What were the holes along the trail that Winslow and Hopkins traveled in July of 1621?
(a) Memory holes.
(b) Shallow graves.
(c) Storage pits.
(d) Mole holes.

10. What did the Pilgrims wish they could catch?
(a) Birds.
(b) Bear.
(c) Whales.
(d) Deer.

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

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

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

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

15. Which explorer drew a map of the area in 1605?
(a) Thomas Dermer.
(b) John Smith.
(c) Champlain.
(d) Verrazano.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had the Pilgrims considered asking to be their military leader?

2. What member of the Mayflower crew decided to stay in Plymouth?

3. How many people were on board the Mayflower?

4. At the end of Chapter 7, who was launching a plan to become the most powerful Indian leader in New England?

5. Why did the Pilgrims decide not to settle at Cold Harbor?

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