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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 did Bradford learn at the end of Chapter 4?

2. What was Massasoit's brother's name?

3. What was different about the trees in New England from those in England?

4. Where did the most powerful Native leader in the region live?

5. Who was the leader of the tribe that the Pilgrims befriended?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why were the Pilgrims familiar with turkeys?

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

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

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

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

7. Why did the future site of Pymouth Plantation come do well recommended?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 3, a Frenchmen told his Indian captors that "God was angry with them for their wickedness, and would destroy them and give their country to another people." Argue whether King Philip's war was or was not God's vengeance on the Indians.

Essay Topic 3

Massasoit's first impulse was to curse the Pilgrims. Explain the people, fears, or events that led him to befriend the Pilgrims rather than cursing them.

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