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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. When was Bradford's "Of Plymouth Plantation" published?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1677.
(c) 1734.
(d) 1776.

2. Who did Bradford blame for the difficulties the Pilgrims had paying off the colony's debt?
(a) Isaac Allerton.
(b) Roger Williams.
(c) Roger Conant.
(d) Weston.

3. Who insisted that the Indians were the legal owners of their lands?
(a) Thomas Morton.
(b) Roger Conant.
(c) William Bradford.
(d) Roger Williams.

4. How many acres of land had to be deforested in a year for a town of two hundred homes?
(a) 200 acres.
(b) 65 acres.
(c) 75 acres.
(d) 25 acres.

5. How did the Indians cross the Bacquag River?
(a) Swam across.
(b) Built rafts.
(c) Rode across on their horses.
(d) Used canoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What isolated town was attached by the Nipmucks on August 2, 1675?

2. What English woman was taken captive in Lancaster?

3. What did Massasoit put at the bottom of his last Plymouth land deed?

4. Who had pledged his country's support to Philip in the fall?

5. In Chapter 9, where did Miles Standish travel to pick up some corn?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did the New Englanders decide to attack the Narragansetts?

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

4. What evidence has been found that show the degree to which Western goods became of part of Indian life?

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. How did Philip resort to deception to create an alliance with the Mohawks?

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

9. What did Roger Williams do when the Indians attacked Providence?

10. Why did Awashonks not want to drink the rum that Church brought?

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