Quiz: Of Plymouth Plantation"

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

• The Indians did not notice the Pilgrims until Samoset and Squanto spotted them

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

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

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

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Which detail best exemplifies the contrast between the Pilgrims' arrival (Chapter 9) and their first winter at Plymouth (Chapter 11)?

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

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

• John Howland nearly drowned during the voyage over, but this experience made Howland one of the groups leaders and caretakers

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

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William Bradford was the leader of the Plymouth Plantation for more than 30 years. What is most likely his intent for including the entirety of the treaty the pilgrims made with Squanto?

• To emphasize the important 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 the details of the treaty in order to demonstrate how disappointed he was when Squanto did not uphold them

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What can we infer about the audience Bradford intends to read his history based on his inclusion of an unexplained passage about Seneca (an ancient Roman Senator)?

• We can infer that he assumes that they are experts in history and archaeology

• We can infer that he assumes they are well educated

• We can infer that he assumes that they are not intelligent people

• We can infer that he assumes that they are Romans

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Which of these words best describes Squanto, based on his treatment of the Pilgrims in the section "Indian Relations"?

• Loyal

• Barbarian

• Cocky

• Easygoing

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Which passage from the text most strongly supports Bradford's treatment of Squanto in the passage "Indian Relations"? (either: "cocky," "loyal," "barbarian," or "easygoing")

• "He told them of another Indian whose name who was Squanto, a native of this place, who had been in England and could speak better English than himself."

• "With whom, after friendly entertainment and some gifts given him, they made peace with him..."

• "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 off, but when any approached near them, they would run away; and once they stole away their tools..."

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Which of the following is most strongly a central idea of "The Starving Time"?

• celebrating holidays with family

• the importance of finding cures for diseases

• faith in times of hardship

• staying loyal to your homeland

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Which statement from the text most strongly supports the central idea of "The Starving Time"?

• "So as there died some times two or three of a day in the foresaid time, that of 100 and odd persons, scarce fifty remained."

• "In a word, did all the homely and necessary offices for them which dainty and queasy stomachs cannot endure to hear mentioned."

• "Which made many afterward 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 all infected either with sickness or lameness."

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Which quotation best describes Bradford's point of view of the Native Americans early on?

• "But, here I cannot help but stay and make a pause, and stand half amazed at this poor peoples' present condition."

• "But, these savage barbarians were readier to fill their sides with arrows."

• "Being after a time of entertainment and gifts... they brough their Great Sachem called Massasoit."

• "And of these, in the time of most distress, there was but six or seven sound persons who, to their great commendation,... spared no pains..."

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Bradford was writing a history of his people. Who was he intending that history to be read by?

• The King, whom Bradford wanted to sponsor another plantation

• His brothers and sisters back in England

• Christians in his present day

• Future members of the Plymouth Plantation

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