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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The governor of the plantation attempted to handle the situation with _____, an attempt that failed.
(a) Diplomacy.
(b) Force.
(c) Tact.
(d) Bribes.

2. On what date did the shipwreck occur?
(a) February 13.
(b) April 10.
(c) March 6.
(d) May 1.

3. What was the main purpose of the ship?
(a) Recreation.
(b) Trade.
(c) Protection.
(d) Transport.

4. Reverend John ____ was the first ordained minister to arrive at Plymouth Plantation
(a) Robinson.
(b) Cushman.
(c) Smith.
(d) Lyford.

5. The conflict surrounded trading in an area that belonged to the _______Plantation.
(a) Piscataqua.
(b) Kittery.
(c) Plymouth.
(d) Hocking.

6. Stone managed to get the governor of Virginia drunk and ended up absconding with _____ pounds worth of provisions.
(a) 500.
(b) 1000.
(c) 750.
(d) 300.

7. Weston is eventually called up on how many charges?
(a) 8.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

8. What was the rank of John Stone?
(a) Major.
(b) Sergeant.
(c) Captain.
(d) General.

9. The "sad straits" were caused by a lack of skills in the ability to _____ their goods.
(a) Stockpile.
(b) Store.
(c) Distribute.
(d) Ration.

10. It was said that the men soon became corrupted and ____.
(a) Perverse.
(b) Unlawful.
(c) Unclean.
(d) Evil.

11. This man had been a pastor in which Massachusetts city before moving to Plymouth?
(a) Salem.
(b) Boston.
(c) Kennebec.
(d) Cape May.

12. Another plague swept through the area, this time throughout the Indian community. Out of 1000 Indians, approximately ___ survived.
(a) 75.
(b) 100.
(c) 250.
(d) 50.

13. Bradford details the activities between _____ and the church.
(a) Wilkes.
(b) Winslow.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Williams.

14. As a result of their weaknesses the colonists began to die from which of the folliowing:
(a) Cholera.
(b) Dehydration.
(c) Stavation.
(d) Scurvy.

15. Bradford refers to this time as having "some strange and remarkable ______."
(a) Inventions.
(b) People.
(c) Occurrences.
(d) Passages.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who managed to take over Weston's ruined plantation?

2. Which is not one of the issues being suffered by the people of Plymouth Plantation at this time?

3. Who typically sent the important communications from England?

4. Weston's people objected not out of loyalty but out of fear of which of the following?

5. The man was known for being able to secure which of the following:

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