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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. How long can Indian corn be stored without spoiling?

2. What Italian explorer had come to Narragansett Bay as early as 1524?

3. What ship appeared at Provincetown Harbor in November of 1621?

4. Where did Bradford go to worship when he became uneasy with the way God was worshipped in Austerfield?

5. What day did the Pilgrims erect the frame of the first house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do some people think that Dorothy Bradford may have committed suicide?

2. What decision did passengers of the Mayflower have to make now that they were near land?

3. Where should the Pilgrims have settled rather than Plymouth?

4. Why did the Seaflower depart from New England bound for the Caribbean in 1676?

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

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

7. Why did the Pilgrims decide to build a wall around their community?

8. Why did Massasoit want Squanto to die in Chapter 8?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Pilgrims had refused the services of John Smith because they wanted no Stranger to tell them what to do. Instead, the Pilgrims, whether they realized it or not, came under the control of Squanto. Explain how Squanto manipulated the Pilgrims and their relationship with Massasoit.

Essay Topic 2

Although King Philip's War became a racial war, it was also caused by greed. Explain how greed led Philip and the English into the conflict and what gain the parties expected to obtain from the conflict.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how the war between Philip and Plymouth escalated from a simple political conflict to a full fledged war between races. Explain how different events and actions of the combatants escalated the regional conflict.

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