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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 157 - 208).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one action the midwife tells Dorothy to try to increase her fertility?
(a) Putting a tail feather in William's morning porridge.
(b) Taking the sap from a maple tree.
(c) Eating more meat.
(d) Dancing during the full moon.

2. What do the barrels on the Speedwell contain that worries Alice about her sons' safety on the ship?
(a) Bullets.
(b) Gunpowder.
(c) Fertilizer.
(d) Wine.

3. How does Alice refer to a woman's first period?
(a) The bleeding.
(b) The blessing.
(c) The wave.
(d) The marker of womanhood.

4. What does Johannes do after saying goodbye to Dorothy?
(a) Becomes a priest.
(b) Joins the Dutch military.
(c) Becomes a carpenter.
(d) Becomes a merchant marine.

5. What gesture of Eleanor Billington's does John Billington love?
(a) How she scrunches her eyebrows when she is mad.
(b) How she blows the stray curl out of her face.
(c) How she scratches her nose with her middle finger.
(d) How she ties her apron twice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Alice live after getting back to Holland following her husband's death?

2. What happens to Dorothy's first-born child?

3. What does Alice consider is always a threat from nature in Part IV?

4. What day of the week is John Billington's hanging scheduled for?

5. What does Alice hear people at the boarding house calling their group in Part III that offends her?

(see the answer key)

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