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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The majority of the letters were filled with _____.
(a) Complaints.
(b) People yearning for their loved ones.
(c) News from home.
(d) Sorrow.

2. Where was Weston sent after being convicted?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) New York.
(d) England.

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

4. Who managed to take over Weston's ruined plantation?
(a) George.
(b) Gorges.
(c) Gregory.
(d) Gunn.

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

6. In the end, Allerton ended up _____ the majority of the items that did not belong to him.
(a) Selling.
(b) Keeping.
(c) Squandering.
(d) Trading.

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

8. Who typically sent the important communications from England?
(a) Winslow.
(b) Gorges.
(c) Sherley.
(d) Brewster.

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

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

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

12. Bradford skips over some of the events, including the election of the new governor, Thomas ______, and the activities of Allerton.
(a) Price.
(b) Prence.
(c) Prince.
(d) Priest.

13. Conflict over the trade took place between which two tribes?
(a) Pequot and Mohicans.
(b) Mohicans and Seneca.
(c) Massachusetts and Pequot.
(d) Seneca and Iriquois.

14. The Governor feared that the separation would bring about _____.
(a) The wrath of God.
(b) Lawlessness.
(c) Lack of control over the people.
(d) A breakdown in Indian relations.

15. 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) Robinson.
(b) Massasoit.
(c) Samoset.
(d) Standish.

Short Answer Questions

1. The population led to an excess of corn and ____.

2. Bradford comments about the ships that come to trade at the fort belonging to the:

3. Bradford details the activities between _____ and the church.

4. The thing that most concerned Bradford was the separation of which of the following:

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

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