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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 Bradford study the last days of his life?
(a) Latin.
(b) The Massachusetts language.
(c) Greek.
(d) Hebrew.

2. How many tons of lumber were required to build a home in the 1650s?
(a) 1 ton.
(b) 12 tons.
(c) 14 tons.
(d) 6 tons.

3. Who became sachem after Alexander died?
(a) Annawon.
(b) Tuspaquin.
(c) Philip.
(d) Hobbamock.

4. Who did Bradford learn died in 1625?
(a) John Robinson.
(b) Roger Williams.
(c) Weston.
(d) Cushman.

5. Who were the most feared warriors in the Northeast?
(a) The Sakonnet.
(b) The Narragansett.
(c) The Mohawks.
(d) The Nipsachuck.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who bought the Mount Hope Peninsula went it was for sale in 1680?

2. What did Winslow designate Thursday, June 24, 1675?

3. What ominous event occurred the night of June 26, 1675.

4. What area had become Plymouth colony's one oasis of safety?

5. How many acres of land had to be deforested in a year for a town of two hundred homes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the New England militia find in the Pokanokets' village?

2. Describe the story that Church tells at the conclusion of his account of the war.

3. What marvelous change came upon Bradford as his health declined in May of 1657?

4. Why did the Plymouth's debilitating food shortages end in the fall of 1623?

5. Why did Thomas Morton represent everything the Pilgrims had come to America to escape?

6. Describe John Eliot's missionary work with the Indians.

7. Describe the conditions at the colony of Wessagusett.

8. Why in the early 1640s did the Great Migration come to an end?

9. Who refused to forgive the Pilgrims for "the killing of those poor Indians."

10. Why did Philip want the English to draw first blood?

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