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WorksheetsWilliam Bradford 1.03
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 28mins
William Bradford was a deeply religious man
True
False
What were some of the hardships the Pilgrims faced on their voyage across the ocean
High winds
bad weather
disease
How did the Pilgrims expect the Native Americans to respond to them?
in a harsh/ negative manner
with open arms
with fighting
What are three things that Wampanoag taught the Pilgrims?
How to plant corn
How to build shelter
how to find water
how to care or their children
What does chronicle mean?
Chronological, objective account
indirect discourse
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.
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 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
The Pilgrims landed on Cape Cod during the summer.
TRUE
FALSE
Nearly half of the colonists died during the first brutal winter.
TRUE
FALSE
The purpose of William Bradford's journal was to...
entertain
persuade
inform
attack
From what point of view did Bradford write "Plymouth Plantation?"
1st Person
2nd Person
3rd Person
Writing informatively without a distinct point of view
From the lesson about learning Bradford's voice, what two goals did he achieve in his Plymouth Plantation that showed him to be a reliable narrator?
