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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Stone arrived in Virginia from which region?
(a) China.
(b) South Pacific.
(c) West Indies.
(d) Iceland.

2. Another man determined to cheat the Pilgrims was John ____.
(a) Brewster.
(b) Smith.
(c) Peirce.
(d) Carver.

3. The Revered entered into a partnership with which of the following:
(a) Carver.
(b) Oldham.
(c) Weston.
(d) Gorges.

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

5. It was discovered afterward that the locusts had nothing to do with the deaths, that the deaths were actually caused by which of the following:
(a) Cholera.
(b) Diptheria.
(c) Consumption.
(d) Smallpox.

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

7. In what year was Winslow elected as the new governor?
(a) 1633.
(b) 1632.
(c) 1636.
(d) 1635.

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

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

10. Which person finally returned from England with cargo including cattle and letters from England?
(a) Wellington.
(b) Blackwell.
(c) Cushman.
(d) Winslow.

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

12. The ship sank near which town?
(a) Jamestown.
(b) Richmond.
(c) Poughkeepsie.
(d) Damariscove.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Once again Weston was at the head of the troubles suffered by the Pilgrims when he denied the colonists their ______.

2. As a result of their weaknesses the colonists began to die from which of the folliowing:

3. What was the main purpose of the ship?

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

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

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