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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who was the Manomet sachem?
(a) Canacum.
(b) Massasoit.
(c) Iyanough.
(d) Aspinet.

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

5. Who sent a scathing letter with the ship that arrived in November, 1621?
(a) Weston.
(b) Bradford.
(c) Cushman.
(d) Robinson.

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

7. What member of the Mayflower crew decided to stay in Plymouth?
(a) John Alden.
(b) Robert Coppin.
(c) Christopher Jones.
(d) John Clark.

8. Where did Jones decide they were near as the Mayflower headed toward shore?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Jamestown.
(c) Hudson River
(d) Cape Cod.

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

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

11. Who controlled the part of Cape Cod where the Pilgrims stole the corn?
(a) The Massachusetts.
(b) The Narragansetts.
(c) The Nausets.
(d) The Pokanokets.

12. Who was the Nauset sachem?
(a) Aspinet.
(b) Canacum.
(c) Massasoit.
(d) Tokamahamon.

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

14. Whose son came to Plymouth on the ship that arrived late in 1621?
(a) Standish's son.
(b) The Bradfords' son.
(c) The Brewsters' son.
(d) The Winslow's son.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did the Pilgrim's first Indian visitor spend the night?

2. What did Bradford learn at the end of Chapter 4?

3. What day did the Pilgrims erect the frame of the first house?

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

5. Who accompanied an English explorer who sailed from Maine in a small open boat?

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