1. In the pre-Revolutionary years, many people emigrated from where?
(a) France.
(b) The European continent.
(c) The British mainland.
(d) England.

2. What does John Powell, an undersecretary of state for the colonies, suggest?
(a) Emigration be halted.
(b) A statistical assessment of those who do not emigrate.
(c) Emigration be difficult and expensive.
(d) A statistical assessment of emigration be done to see how Britain was affected.

3. At this time, most individuals concerned with emigration focused on what?
(a) Demographic and economic losses.
(b) A sense of fear felt by those who stay in Great Britain.
(c) A loss in a sense of nationalism.
(d) Personal losses.

4. Why is the data source that the author mentions incomplete?
(a) It includes only information for England and Scotland.
(b) It includes only information about males.
(c) It includes only information about those who are indentured servants.
(d) It includes only information about life after emigration.

5. Bailyn compares the Register's totals to notices of ships' arrivals in North America and finds what?
(a) The Register's totals account for probably around two-fifths of the total number of British emigrants.
(b) The Register's totals account for probably around four-fifths of the total number of British emigrants.
(c) The Register's totals account for probably around three-fifths of the total number of British emigrants.
(d) The Register's totals account for probably around one-fifth of the total number of British emigrants.