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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what time of year did the Dutch retreat to the fort to secure trade?
(a) Summer.
(b) Fall.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

2. The ____ tribe was well known for having feuds with its neighbors.
(a) Cherokee.
(b) Narragansetts.
(c) Pequot.
(d) Massachusetts.

3. Allerton had been given ____ to perform certain acts once he arrived in England.
(a) 1000 pounds.
(b) 800 pounds.
(c) 1500 pounds.
(d) 2000 pounds.

4. It seemed that the people on one of the plantations were doomed from the start. Fortunately some of them were saved by which person?
(a) Massasoit.
(b) Robinson.
(c) Standish.
(d) Samoset.

5. Which is not one of the issues being suffered by the people of Plymouth Plantation at this time?
(a) Taxation without Representation.
(b) Unclean water.
(c) Lack of education.
(d) Disregard of the Sabbath.

6. The man was the founder of which colony?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) New York.
(c) Delaware.
(d) Rhode Island.

7. The Reverend Robinson died in which year?
(a) 1626.
(b) 1628.
(c) 1621.
(d) 1631.

8. Which was not one of the charges filed against Weston?
(a) Theft.
(b) Embezzlement.
(c) Treason.
(d) Ill treatment of Indians.

9. Bradford states that two of the saddest incidents during this time too place on the ______ and Connecticut Rivers.
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Kennebec.
(c) Delaware.
(d) Hudson.

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

11. Weston's people objected not out of loyalty but out of fear of which of the following?
(a) Loss of Indian relations.
(b) Retribution.
(c) Unemployment.
(d) Starvation.

12. It was not long until the colonists began to learn the ____ on the side of the Massachusetts.
(a) Contempt.
(b) Weakness.
(c) Willingness.
(d) Peacefulness.

13. The population led to an excess of corn and ____.
(a) Cattle.
(b) Dairy products.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Barley.

14. Bradford details the shipwreck of which vessel?
(a) Little James.
(b) Mayflower.
(c) Edmund Fitzgerald.
(d) Anne.

15. Bradford details the trade activities that took place on which river:
(a) Delaware.
(b) Potomac.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) Charles.

Short Answer Questions

1. The ship sank near which town?

2. Another plague swept through the area, this time throughout the Indian community. Out of 1000 Indians, approximately ___ survived.

3. Reverend John ____ was the first ordained minister to arrive at Plymouth Plantation

4. Up until this time Bradford had stated that it would not be wise to ____ Weston.

5. Stone managed to get the governor of Virginia drunk and ended up absconding with _____ pounds worth of provisions.

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