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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What book tells about the voyage of the Mayflower?
(a) The Mayflower Saga.
(b) Plymouth Colony and the Mayflower.
(c) Of Plymouth Plantation.
(d) In the Hands of a Mighty God.

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

4. What weapon did Squanto tell Massasoit that the Pilgrims could unleash?
(a) Plague.
(b) Muskets.
(c) Cannons.
(d) Gunpowder.

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

6. On the voyage, how many women were pregnant?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

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

8. What is the name of the war that occurred in 1675?
(a) Wapanoags' War.
(b) War of the English.
(c) King Philip's War.
(d) French and Indian War.

9. What event, according to the author, do most Americans associate with the birth of the United States?
(a) The Revolutionary War.
(b) The Mayflower Compact.
(c) The first Thanksgiving.
(d) Voyage of the Mayflower.

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

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

12. Who was the most powerful Native leader in the region?
(a) Hobamock.
(b) Sachem.
(c) Squanto.
(d) Massasoit.

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

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

15. Who was the Mayflower's governor?
(a) William Bradford.
(b) Christopher Martin.
(c) John Carver.
(d) John Robinson.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the "First Thanksgiving" most likely held?

2. What was Cape Cod known for?

3. Where did Jones decide they were near as the Mayflower headed toward shore?

4. What was William Bradford's occupation?

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

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