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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 6 Arrivals and Destinations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The average ages for immigrants to the colonies range from a low of ________________ to a high of 40.5 for Canada.
(a) 15. 3 for Virginia.
(b) 18.7 for North Carolina.
(c) 27.8 for New York.
(d) 20.5 for Massachusetts.

2. In the months that followed, how many emigrants do customs officials interview?
(a) Thousands.
(b) Tens of thousands.
(c) Dozens.
(d) Hundreds.

3. Was it new that North America had been seen as a place of refuge?
(a) Somewhat.
(b) Maybe.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

4. Bailyn turns his attention to where the emigrants migrated to in North America. How does he argue that they travel to all the colonies?
(a) They often purchase their own vessels for the journey.
(b) They all take the same few boats.
(c) They do not travel to all the colonies in equal amounts.
(d) They travel to all the colonies in equal amounts.

5. Bailyn argues that for the men a picture develops of lower middle and working class men for whom emigration was what?
(a) Something that they must do for their families.
(b) Something exciting to do.
(c) An opportunity to be sought rather than a desperate escape.
(d) A desperate escape rather than an opportunity to be sought.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the age that individuals could legally bind themselves as indentured servants?

2. _________ of the nuclear families consisted of only a husband and wife.

3. The flow of individuals into New York and North Carolina seem to form small communities composed largely of _________ working the land.

4. More children below the age of ten and more _________________ departed from Scotland.

5. At certain times, vessels would carry _________ numbers of emigrants.

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