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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. With the arrival of a ship in November of 1621, how many men and women were in Plymouth Colony?

2. What day did the Mayflower leave Provincetown Harbor?

3. What happened in Jamestown in the spring of 1621?

4. Who allowed war to happen?

5. What member of the Mayflower crew decided to stay in Plymouth?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened to the ship, the Fortune?

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

4. Why were passengers in an uproar when they learned they were headed to New England rather than the Hudson River?

5. Why were the Pokanokets in a desperate struggle to maintain their existence as a people?

6. 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?

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

8. How did the Pilgrims attempt to make a show of strength to the Indians?

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

10. Why, according to the author, do we like to know how it was "in the beginning"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A common theme throughout the book is the Puritan belief that everything in life happens for a reason. Explain this belief, how it affected the Puritan's daily lives, and show examples of incidents the Puritans believed occurred because God made them occur.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The author states that there are two possible responses to a world gripped by terror and contention. The first to get mad and get even, and the second is to use coercion rather than slaughter. Explain these two responses to an enemy and compare individuals in the book who used these responses. Does one way get better results? Why or why not?

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