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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 Pilgrim went with Squanto to greet the sachem?

2. What was the biggest problem with the arrival of another ship in November of 1621?

3. What was the meaning of Squanto's and Hobbamock's names?

4. Who was the most powerful Native leader in the region?

5. What treacherous area of water did the Mayflower encounter after 1 p.m. as they approached the New World?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did the master of the Speedwell work against the Pilgrims?

5. How did Thomas Hunt damage Indian-English relations in New England for decades?

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 solve the problem of having to entertain and feed a continual stream of Indian visitors?

8. Why wasn't the terrain surrounding Plymouth a primeval forest?

9. In 1605, a map indicated between one thousand and two thousand people living along the shores where the Pilgrims planned to settle. Why were no Indians living along the shore now?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the Plymouth colony and the Massachusetts Bay colony, and explain why or why not the Pilgrims should have settled at Boston rather than Plymouth.

Essay Topic 2

Argue whether Dorothy Bradford committed suicide or if she simply fell overboard. Use examples from the book to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

The Pilgrims left England because of intolerant attitudes toward their religious beliefs. How did the Pilgrims have the same type of intolerant attitude toward the Strangers and others when they settled in the New World?

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