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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two gifts did Winslow and Hopkins take to Massasoit in July of 1621?
(a) A hat and trousers.
(b) Cooking pots and cloth.
(c) A copper chain and a horseman's coat.
(d) Beads and mirrors.

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

3. What sachem tried to have Squanto killed in Chapter 7?
(a) Massasoit.
(b) Tokamahamon.
(c) Canacum.
(d) Corbitant.

4. What day did the Pilgrims erect the frame of the first house?
(a) January 1.
(b) December 25.
(c) December 1.
(d) December 26.

5. What was the name of Massasoit's village?
(a) Sowams.
(b) Titicut.
(c) Manomet.
(d) Patuxet.

6. When did the Mayflower set sail for England?
(a) May 1.
(b) June 17.
(c) April 5.
(d) March 16.

7. Who told the Pilgrims that Squanto was plotting against them?
(a) Massasoit.
(b) Iyanough.
(c) Hobbamock.
(d) Canacum.

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

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

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

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

12. Why did the Pilgrims decide not to settle at Cold Harbor?
(a) The harbor was too shallow.
(b) There was not enough shelter.
(c) There was no source of fresh water.
(d) It was too cold.

13. What is the title of an Indian leader?
(a) Sachem.
(b) Kietan.
(c) Sagamore.
(d) Cheepi.

14. How much was the cargo worth that the Pilgrims sent back on the Fortune?
(a) 2500 pounds.
(b) 500 pounds.
(c) 200 pounds.
(d) 300 pounds.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the Mayflower's governor?

2. With the arrival of a ship in November of 1621, how many men and women were in Plymouth Colony?

3. What was Cape Cod known for?

4. What day did the Mayflower leave Provincetown Harbor?

5. What was different about the trees in New England from those in England?

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