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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 209 - 266).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dorothy feel about moving to the colonies?
(a) She will go, but only after her parents have passed away.
(b) She is excited to go.
(c) She is indifferent about going.
(d) She does not want to go.

2. What does Eleanor Billington tell the assembled crowd in the time between John Billington's trial and his execution?
(a) That Thomas Weston is a murderer.
(b) That William Bradford is a murderer.
(c) That Dorothy Bradford killed herself.
(d) That John Billington is completely innocent.

3. How do the women of Plymouth privately think of Standish?
(a) As the Man Not to Be Crossed.
(b) As the murderer.
(c) As the singer.
(d) As the Man Whom Even the Maidservant Would Not Marry.

4. What does William Bradford often do in the afternoons?
(a) Bathe.
(b) Build fences.
(c) Sing.
(d) Read scripture.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eleanor call Myles Standish to rile him up?

2. Which Indians did Standish slaughter shortly after the settlers arrived in Plymouth?

3. When was the first colonist in Plymouth murdered?

4. What does John Billington tell John Newcomen upon their first meeting?

5. What does Alice often tell her children to try to get them to behave?

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