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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 happened in Jamestown in the spring of 1621?
(a) A number of children were born.
(b) A typhus epidemic.
(c) A peace treaty.
(d) A massacre.

2. What was the first building built by the Pilgrims?
(a) A single family home.
(b) A fort.
(c) A common house.
(d) A storehouse.

3. Who wrote a book about the voyage of the Mayflower?
(a) John Robinson.
(b) Robert Cushman.
(c) William Bradford.
(d) William Brewster.

4. What tradition began with the women of the Mayflower?
(a) Wednesday bathing day.
(b) Tuesday baking day.
(c) Morning reading lessons for the children.
(d) Monday wash day.

5. Where did the most powerful Native leader in the region live?
(a) About 20 miles southwest of Cape Cod.
(b) About 60 miles southwest of Provincetown Harbor.
(c) On an island near the Pilgrims.
(d) About 30 miles away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Massasoit's village?

2. What day did the Pilgrims erect the frame of the first house?

3. Which explorer drew a map of the area in 1605?

4. What was Massasoit's brother's name?

5. Who controlled the part of Cape Cod where the Pilgrims stole the corn?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why wasn't the terrain surrounding Plymouth a primeval forest?

2. How did the master of the Speedwell work against the Pilgrims?

3. Describe Standish's first expedition to look for a potential settlement site.

4. Describe the passengers' quarters.

5. Where should the Pilgrims have settled rather than Plymouth?

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

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

8. Why did the Separatists decide to leave Amsterdam?

9. Why were passengers in an uproar when they learned they were headed to New England rather than the Hudson River?

10. Why didn't the Indians and English of Plymouth Colony live in peaceful harmony all of those first fifty-five years?

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