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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 settlement north of Wessagusett in modern Braintree?
(a) Lancaster.
(b) Merrymount.
(c) New London.
(d) Northfield.

2. Who was the sachem of Sakonnet?
(a) Sagamore Sam.
(b) Awashonks.
(c) Quinnapin.
(d) Weetamoo.

3. Who had to intercede in an altercation between Standish and fishermen on Cape Ann?
(a) Roger Williams.
(b) Roger Conant.
(c) John Cotton.
(d) Thomas Morton.

4. How many tons of lumber were required to build a home in the 1650s?
(a) 6 tons.
(b) 14 tons.
(c) 1 ton.
(d) 12 tons.

5. What vandalism in 1675 caused Governor Winslow to ask for assistance from the Massachusetts Bay colony?
(a) Burning of two houses.
(b) The church was destroyed.
(c) Crops were destroyed.
(d) Boats were damaged.

6. What did the colonists at Wessagussett have to do in order to seek food?
(a) Trade with the Indians.
(b) Trade with the Pilgrims.
(c) Leave the safety of their fortress.
(d) Use some of their precious ammunition.

7. To whom did Alexander keep selling land?
(a) Rhode Islanders.
(b) Massachusetts Bay Colony.
(c) Maine.
(d) Connecticut.

8. What group did Massasoit lead in his later years?
(a) Naraganassett.
(b) Pequot.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Quabaugs.

9. What did the English use as a form of currency, especially during the English civil war?
(a) The Indians' shell beads.
(b) Letters of credit.
(c) Livestock and crops.
(d) Gold coins.

10. Who does Church meet with at the beginning of Chapter 16?
(a) Awashonks.
(b) Quinnapin.
(c) Weetamoo.
(d) Annawon.

11. Why did many Indians die in the summer of 1623?
(a) Because of a measles epidemic.
(b) They were not able to plant crops.
(c) Because of disease.
(d) Because of war.

12. What English woman was taken captive in Lancaster?
(a) Alice Church.
(b) Sarah Winslow.
(c) Mary Rowlandson.
(d) Penelope Winslow.

13. Who was he leader of the Connecticut forces?
(a) Major John Talcott.
(b) Josiah Winslow.
(c) Samuel Moseley.
(d) Captain Thomas Lathrop.

14. Who was the settlement leader of Wessagussett in 1623?
(a) John Hamden.
(b) John Smythe.
(c) John Sanders.
(d) Phineas Pratt.

15. Toward the end of the war, what did the New Englanders do with Indian captives?
(a) Sent them to Virginia.
(b) Put them on reservations.
(c) Killed them.
(d) Sold them into slavery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did some Massachusetts authorities consider building when conditions became so desperate and winter was approaching?

2. Who succeeded Bradford as governor?

3. What man was one of the first New Englanders to embrace the wilderness?

4. Who decided to escape the sorry settlement of Wessagusett and find his way to Plymouth?

5. Who became pastor at Plymouth in 1667?

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