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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Once again Weston was at the head of the troubles suffered by the Pilgrims when he denied the colonists their ______.
(a) Housewares.
(b) Water supply.
(c) Grant money.
(d) Letters.

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

4. There was a particularly large population growth in which area?
(a) Boston.
(b) Cape cod.
(c) Jamestown.
(d) Bay of Massachusetts.

5. Weston made a deal with the colonist to take a number of what type of animal pelts to England?
(a) Deer.
(b) Beaver.
(c) Bear.
(d) Fox.

6. Allerton is referred to as being a _____ and unscrupulous man.
(a) Cunning.
(b) Wicked.
(c) Devious.
(d) Clever.

7. Who ordered Weston's arrest?
(a) Gorges.
(b) Bradford.
(c) Smith.
(d) Standish.

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

9. Bradford recounts the year 1623 The Sad Straits of ____'s men.
(a) Bradford.
(b) Massasoit.
(c) Weston.
(d) Blackwell.

10. Bradford comments about the ships that come to trade at the fort belonging to the:
(a) Spanish.
(b) Dutch.
(c) English.
(d) French.

11. How many pelts were taken to England?
(a) 50.
(b) 125.
(c) 100.
(d) 75.

12. The Pilgrims were saved, at least temporarily, when provisions arrived aboard which ship?
(a) Mary.
(b) Constitution.
(c) Anne.
(d) Mayflower.

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

14. The hire was supposed to cost ____ pound per month.
(a) 10.
(b) 40.
(c) 30.
(d) 25.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Reverend Robinson died in which year?

2. It was at this time Bradford learned about the illness of which person?

3. Which person finally returned from England with cargo including cattle and letters from England?

4. One of the things Allerton was supposed to do was to hire a ____.

5. The author writes about _____ and locusts and the affect on the colonists.

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