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William Bradford 1.03

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 28mins

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Class
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1.

William Bradford was a deeply religious man

a)

True

b)

False

2.

What were some of the hardships the Pilgrims faced on their voyage across the ocean

a)

High winds

b)

bad weather

c)

disease

3.

How did the Pilgrims expect the Native Americans to respond to them?

a)

in a harsh/ negative manner

b)

with open arms

c)

with fighting

4.

What are three things that Wampanoag taught the Pilgrims?

a)

How to plant corn

b)

How to build shelter

c)

how to find water

d)

how to care or their children

5.

What does chronicle mean?

a)

Chronological, objective account

b)

indirect discourse

6.

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

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

d)

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

7.

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

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

and caretakers.

d)

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

8.

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."

a)

wicked people

b)

honest

c)

written

d)

made up

9.
The author of "Of Plymouth Plantation" is:
a)
Myles Standish
b)
William Bradford
c)
John Robinson
d)
Squanto
10.

The Pilgrims landed on Cape Cod during the summer.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

11.

Nearly half of the colonists died during the first brutal winter.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

12.
To which of the following does Bradford give the most credit for saving the Pilgrims during the starving time?
a)
God's mercy
b)
the Pilgrims' loyalty
c)
the knowledge hardwork, and loyalty of Squanto
d)
the treaty signed between the Pilgrims and Massasoit
13.

The purpose of William Bradford's journal was to...

a)

entertain

b)

persuade

c)

inform

d)

attack

14.

From what point of view did Bradford write "Plymouth Plantation?"

a)

1st Person

b)

2nd Person

c)

3rd Person

d)

Writing informatively without a distinct point of view

15.

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?

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