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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who bought the Mount Hope Peninsula went it was for sale in 1680?
(a) Investors from Boston.
(b) The Narragansetts.
(c) Colonists from Plymouth.
(d) The Sakonnets.

2. How close to Wessagussett colony was an Indian settlement?
(a) Right beside the colony.
(b) 40 miles away.
(c) 15 miles away.
(d) 25 miles away.

3. What did some of the Wessagussett settlers trade for food?
(a) Cooking pots.
(b) Muskets.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Ammunition.

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

5. In December 1675, who became the leader of over 1,000 English soldiers?
(a) Benjamin Church.
(b) Josiah Winslow.
(c) Samuel Moseley.
(d) James Cudworth.

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

7. What ominous event occurred the night of June 26, 1675.
(a) Total eclipse of the moon.
(b) A midnight raid.
(c) A meteor shower.
(d) An large piece of an asteroid fell on the ground.

8. Who began equipping the Natives Americans with guns?
(a) Edward Winslow.
(b) Thomas Morton.
(c) John Cotton.
(d) Roger Williams.

9. What did some Massachusetts authorities consider building when conditions became so desperate and winter was approaching?
(a) Barracks.
(b) A fort.
(c) A palisade wall.
(d) Cannon platforms.

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

11. What did Massasoit put at the bottom of his last Plymouth land deed?
(a) His thumbprint.
(b) A pictogram.
(c) Blood from his finger.
(d) An "X" for his signature.

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

13. Who succeeded Bradford as governor?
(a) Roger Williams.
(b) Thomas Prence.
(c) John Brown.
(d) Edward Winslow.

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

15. What son of Massasoit became Pokanokets' new leader?
(a) Miontonimo.
(b) Wamsutta.
(c) Uncas.
(d) Canonicus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group did Massasoit lead in his later years?

2. Toward the end of the war, what did the New Englanders do with Indian captives?

3. Who does Church meet with at the beginning of Chapter 16?

4. Who became the first English mayor of Manhattan?

5. What did Bradford study the last days of his life?

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