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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the 1600s, who tried to navigate the same treacherous waters that the Mayflower encountered?
(a) Marquette.
(b) La Salle.
(c) Jolliet.
(d) Samuel Champlain.

2. What was the biggest problem with the arrival of another ship in November of 1621?
(a) Ammunition.
(b) Sleeping quarters.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Food.

3. What governing document was drawn up before the Pilgrims went ashore?
(a) Mayflower Compact.
(b) Charter of Plymouth Colony.
(c) Magna Carta.
(d) Plymouth Colony agreement.

4. What formal and binding agreement was signed before the passengers went ashore?
(a) Freedom of Religion Compact.
(b) Pilgrim Compact.
(c) Plymouth Charter.
(d) Mayflower Compact.

5. What was the meaning of Squanto's and Hobbamock's names?
(a) Lightning.
(b) Satan.
(c) Laughter.
(d) Clever.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the holes along the trail that Winslow and Hopkins traveled in July of 1621?

2. Why did Bradford not execute Squanto for his role in the plot to overthrow Massasoit?

3. In 1676, what ship left the shores of New England?

4. What Italian explorer had come to Narragansett Bay as early as 1524?

5. What English explorer sailed from Maine in a small open boat?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who did the passengers choose as the leader for the colony?

2. How did the Pilgrims solve the problem of having to entertain and feed a continual stream of Indian visitors?

3. Why do some people think that Dorothy Bradford may have committed suicide?

4. How did the Pilgrims' first Indian visitor, Samoset, learn to speak English?

5. How did Weston betray the Pilgrims?

6. Why were the Pokanokets in a desperate struggle to maintain their existence as a people?

7. Why were the Nausets "ill affected toward the English"?

8. Describe the passengers' quarters.

9. Why did the future site of Pymouth Plantation come do well recommended?

10. Describe the first venture ashore.

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