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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) Dried Indian corn.
(c) Indian pottery.
(d) Items from a French shipwreck.

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

3. What group of investors did Thomas Weston represent?
(a) Plymouth Company.
(b) King's Adventurers.
(c) Virginia Company.
(d) Merchant Adventurers.

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

5. Who was the most notable arrival on the ship that arrived in November of 1621 ?
(a) Weston.
(b) Robert Cushman.
(c) John Robinson.
(d) Alice Southworth.

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

7. What happened in Jamestown in the spring of 1621?
(a) A number of children were born.
(b) A peace treaty.
(c) A massacre.
(d) A typhus epidemic.

8. How old was Bradford when he became uneasy with the way in which God was worshipped in Austerfield?
(a) 12.
(b) 15.
(c) 21.
(d) 32.

9. What did Francis Billington claim to see when he climbed a tree on Fort Hill?
(a) A large river.
(b) Apple trees.
(c) An Indian raiding party.
(d) A great sea.

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

11. What Indian tribe did the Pilgrims befriend?
(a) Wapanoags.
(b) Narragansetts.
(c) Awashonks.
(d) Pocasset

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

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

14. What was the name of the military leader of the Pilgrims?
(a) John Carver.
(b) Christopher Jones.
(c) Miles Standish.
(d) William Bradford.

15. Where did the most powerful Native leader in the region live?
(a) About 60 miles southwest of Provincetown Harbor.
(b) On an island near the Pilgrims.
(c) About 30 miles away.
(d) About 20 miles southwest of Cape Cod.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long can Indian corn be stored without spoiling?

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

4. How old was the most powerful Native leader in the region?

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

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