Squanto Biography Quiz

Choose the word spelled correctly.

• Sqanto

• Squanto

• squanto

What state was the birthplace of Squanto?

• Massachusetts

• Missouri

• Minnesota

What is Squanto famous for?

• helping the Pilgrims get horses to England

• helping the Pilgrims find the lost children

• helping the Pilgrims survive the first winter in America

Who rescued Squanto in Spain?

• business men

• priests

• Native Americans

What disease killed most of Squanto's tribe when he returned?

• mumps

• chicken pox

• smallpox

Squanto was the last of the Patuxet tribe.

• True

• False

What did Squanto tell the Pilgrims to use as fertilizer to grow crops?

• buffalo dung

• dead fish

• animal bones

Squanto learned to speak which language while in Europe?

• French

• Spanish

• Dutch

• English

Which Captain attempted to sell Squanto into slavery?

• Thomas Hunt

• John Smith

• John Slaney

• Thomas Dermer

Squanto was a member of which tribe?

• Massasoit

• Patuxet

• Nausset

• Newfoundland