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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. Who was the Nauset sachem?
(a) Tokamahamon.
(b) Aspinet.
(c) Massasoit.
(d) Canacum.
2. How close were the nearest English communities in America to the new colony at Plymouth?
(a) Over 3,000 miles.
(b) About 100 miles.
(c) About 1,000 miles.
(d) More than 500 miles.
3. With the arrival of a ship in November of 1621, how many men and women were in Plymouth Colony?
(a) 75 men and 45 women.
(b) 30 men and 21 women.
(c) 55 men and 21 women.
(d) 66 men and 16 women.
4. Who sent a scathing letter with the ship that arrived in November, 1621?
(a) Bradford.
(b) Robinson.
(c) Weston.
(d) Cushman.
5. What sachem tried to have Squanto killed in Chapter 7?
(a) Tokamahamon.
(b) Corbitant.
(c) Massasoit.
(d) Canacum.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many sachems came on September 13 to sign a treaty professing their loyalty to King James?
2. What was different about the trees in New England from those in England?
3. What was William Bradford's occupation?
4. What did Francis Billington claim to see when he climbed a tree on Fort Hill?
5. What was Cape Cod known for?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why were the Pokanokets in a desperate struggle to maintain their existence as a people?
2. How did the Pilgrims' first Indian visitor, Samoset, learn to speak English?
3. Why did Massasoit want Squanto to die in Chapter 8?
4. What one clue did Bradford leave that might indicate how he felt about the death of his wife?
5. Why didn't the Indians and English of Plymouth Colony live in peaceful harmony all of those first fifty-five years?
6. Describe the passengers' quarters.
7. Why, according to the author, do we like to know how it was "in the beginning"?
8. In 1605, a map indicated between one thousand and two thousand people living along the shores where the Pilgrims planned to settle. Why were no Indians living along the shore now?
9. How did the master of the Speedwell work against the Pilgrims?
10. What disparity did Quadequina notice after the treaty between the Indians and the Pilgrims was signed?
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