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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the Pilgrims' first Indian visitor?

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

3. Who allowed war to happen?

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

5. Who had the Pilgrims considered asking to be their military leader?

Short Essay Questions

1. What one clue did Bradford leave that might indicate how he felt about the death of his wife?

2. What did Samoset tell the Pilgrims about the Indians who had lived in the area previously?

3. How did Weston betray the Pilgrims?

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

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

6. Why does the author state that the story about the Pilgrims changes from the story we know to the story that we need to know?

7. How did the Pilgrims' first Indian visitor, Samoset, learn to speak English?

8. Who did the passengers choose as the leader for the colony?

9. How did the Pilgrims solve the problem of having to entertain and feed a continual stream of Indian visitors?

10. Why were the Pilgrims familiar with turkeys?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are several theories regarding what started the war between the English and King Philip. Explain the different theories and why one theory for the cause of the war is more plausible than other theories.

Essay Topic 2

Explain why there was a controversy between some Indians and some Englishmen regarding the murder and the punishment of Arthur Peach and his cohorts. What motives were behind the controversy?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 8, Pastor John Robinson writes about the ruffling course that the Pilgrims began with the Wessagusett raid. Argue whether Robinson's words proved to be prophetic or did not prove to be prophetic given the ultimate course of New England's history.

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