PRACTICE QUIZ: Of Plymouth Plantation

Which word or phrase best replaces feigned as it is used in the following passage?

"Besides they had about a peck of meal a week to a person, or now since harvest, Indian corn to that

proportion. Which made many afterward write so largely of their plenty here to their friends in England,

which were not feigned but true reports."

• wicked people

• honest

• written

• made up

Which is a synonym for boring?

• tedious

• aloof

• asunder

• abundance

Which is a synonym for obtain?

• abundance

• procure

• tedious

• aloof

What is most likely the author’s intent for including the entirety of the treaty the Pilgrims made with Squanto?

• To emphasize the importance of finding peace with the Indians and take pride in how long the agreement lasted.

• To insist that it is a better treaty than the one that came before it.

• To protect the Pilgrims in case they lose the original document.

• To lay out all of the details of the treaty in order to demonstrate how disappointed the Pilgrims were when Squanto did not uphold them.

Which detail best exemplifies the contrast between the Pilgrims' arrival (Chapter 9) and their first winter at Plymouth?

• God led the Pilgrims to the harbor at their arrival, but then God abandoned them during their first winter.

• The difficult voyage over only caused one casualty, while the first winter living on the land killed off half of their group.

• John Howard nearly drowned during the voyage over, but this experience made Howard one of the group’s leaders

  and caretakers.

• The Pilgrims had no friends to welcome them when the ship landed, but instantly made friends after arriving.

Which is a synonym for distant?

• abundance

• aloof

• tedious

• procure

Which statement from the text most strongly supports the answer to Question 5?

• “...so as there died some times two or three of a day, in the foresaid time; that of 100 & odd persons, scarce fifty

  remained.”

• “in a word, did all the homely & necessary offices for them which dainty & queasy stomachs cannot endure to hear

  named;”

• “Which made many afterwards write so largely of their plenty here to their friends in England, which were not feigned,

  but true reports.”

• “And yet the Lord so upheld these persons, as in this general calamity they were not at all infected either with sickness,

  or lameness.”

Which is a synonym for plenty?

• tedious

• procure

• aloof

• abundance

Which passage from the text most strongly supports the answer to Question 7?

• A. “...he told them also of another Indian whose name was Squanto, a native of this place, who had been in England &

  could speak better English than himself.”

• “With whom, after friendly entertainment, & some gifts given him, they made a peace with him (which hath now

  continued this twenty-four years) in these terms.”

• “He directed them how to set their corn, where to take fish, and to procure other commodities, and was also their pilot

  to bring them to unknown places for their profit, and never left them till he died.”

• "“All this while the Indians came skulking about them, and would sometimes show themselves aloof of, but when any

  approached near them, they would run away.”

Which of the following best explains why the Pilgrims' relationship with the Indians change upon meeting Samoset and Squanto?

• The Indians did not notice the Pilgrims until Samoset and Squanto spotted them, and vice versa.

• Samoset and Squanto's jobs were to greet and welcome European settlers who had arrived on their land.

• The Pilgrims were desperate for food and Samoset and Squanto immediately invited them to a feast.

• Samoset and Squanto were the first Indians the Pilgrims met who spoke English and helped ease tensions between the two groups.