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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 most powerful Native leader in the region?
(a) Massasoit.
(b) Sachem.
(c) Squanto.
(d) Hobamock.

2. What area did Jones likely follow as the Mayflower headed south?
(a) The breakers.
(b) The continental shelf.
(c) The Edge.
(d) The shoals.

3. Why did the Mayflower not return to England after a settlement site was found?
(a) The ship needed to stock more provisions for the return voyage.
(b) Many crew members were sick.
(c) The ship needed the repairs.
(d) The weather was bad.

4. How long can Indian corn be stored without spoiling?
(a) Two or three years, if kept dry.
(b) A year, if kept dry.
(c) Ten years, if kept dry.
(d) Indefinitely, if kept dry.

5. What book tells about the voyage of the Mayflower?
(a) Of Plymouth Plantation.
(b) The Mayflower Saga.
(c) Plymouth Colony and the Mayflower.
(d) In the Hands of a Mighty God.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who led the author to write about the Pilgrims?

2. What did the Pokanokets call their creator god?

3. What was the name of the military leader of the Pilgrims?

4. What happened in Jamestown in the spring of 1621?

5. What is the name of the war that occurred in 1675?

Short Essay Questions

1. Hobbamock was a pniese. What is a pniese?

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

3. How did the Pilgrims attempt to make a show of strength to the Indians?

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

5. Why was it illegal for the Separatists to have their own church services?

6. How did Weston betray the Pilgrims?

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

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

9. How did some of the Indians' oldest people describe the first sight of a European sailing vessel?

10. Why were the Pilgrims familiar with turkeys?

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