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

2. What treacherous area of water did the Mayflower encounter after 1 p.m. as they approached the New World?
(a) A whirlpool.
(b) Cape Cod shoals.
(c) Pollack Rip.
(d) Back side breakers.

3. With whom did the Pilgrim's first Indian visitor spend the night?
(a) William Bradford.
(b) John Howland.
(c) Stephen Hopkins and his family.
(d) Governor Carver and his family.

4. How many men signed the agreement before the Mayflower landed?
(a) 58.
(b) 75.
(c) 41.
(d) 37.

5. Where was the ship's helmsman stationed?
(a) In the pilot's room.
(b) On the poop deck.
(c) In steerage.
(d) On the main deck.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the carpenter turned Indian fighter that the author will focus on in the book?

2. What was Massasoit's first impulse to do with the English?

3. On what day was a decision made as to where to build the permanent settlement?

4. What two gifts did Winslow and Hopkins take to Massasoit in July of 1621?

5. For how many days had the Mayflower blundered through storms and headwinds before reaching the New World?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe how an Indian named Epenow persuaded his English abductors to return him to the New World.

6. Why were the Pilgrims familiar with turkeys?

7. How did Weston betray the Pilgrims?

8. What decision did passengers of the Mayflower have to make now that they were near land?

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

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

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