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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5, Chapter 16 New York: Swarming to the North.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are unscrupulous recruiters called?
(a) Pimps.
(b) Crimps.
(c) Fimps.
(d) Chimps.

2. What is the most valuable form of payment for a servant?
(a) Bills of exchange payable on demand from well-known and financially stable British firms.
(b) Dollar bills.
(c) Checks.
(d) Trade goods.

3. Do there appear to be concentrations of indentured servants in particular occupations settling in certain colonies?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Maybe.
(d) Not at first.

4. This raw data that is collected by English and Scottish port officials is sent where?
(a) To one customs board in London.
(b) To one customs board in Edinburgh.
(c) To three customs boards in London, Edinburgh, and Dublin.
(d) To two customs boards in London and Edinburgh.

5. Of the 8,613 emigrants whose sex was registered, about ____________ are males?
(a) Two-thirds.
(b) One-fourth.
(c) Three-fourths.
(d) One-half.

Short Answer Questions

1. What information is sometimes estimated by the customs officials?

2. Who is appointed in the south to create a map?

3. What is commonly believed by 1773?

4. Those between what ages typically travel independent of families?

5. The population of this colony and surrounding islands, although small, is what?

(see the answer key)

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