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

2. Where did Bradford go to worship when he became uneasy with the way God was worshipped in Austerfield?
(a) Scrooby.
(b) Leiden.
(c) Lincolnshire.
(d) Grimsby.

3. What were the holes along the trail that Winslow and Hopkins traveled in July of 1621?
(a) Memory holes.
(b) Shallow graves.
(c) Mole holes.
(d) Storage pits.

4. What was Massasoit's brother's name?
(a) Squanto.
(b) Quadequina.
(c) Samoset.
(d) Passaconaway.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What people were not affected by the disease in the area?

2. What evidence that the Indians had lived at Plymouth remained?

3. What day did the Mayflower leave Provincetown Harbor?

4. How old was the most powerful Native leader in the region?

5. Who told the Pilgrims that Squanto was plotting against them?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Massasoit want Squanto to die in Chapter 8?

2. Why did the Pilgrims decide to build a wall around their community?

3. What did Samoset tell the Pilgrims about the Indians who had lived in the area previously?

4. Why did the Separatists decide to leave Amsterdam?

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

6. What disparity did Quadequina notice after the treaty between the Indians and the Pilgrims was signed?

7. How did Thomas Hunt damage Indian-English relations in New England for decades?

8. Describe the first venture ashore.

9. What food did the passengers find on shore?

10. Why were the Pilgrims familiar with turkeys?

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