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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 54 - 106).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the word the colonists use when someone is bad-tempered?
(a) Choleric.
(b) Nasty.
(c) Mean.
(d) Stormy.

2. What did Standish teach the men of Plymouth to do before they all left Holland?
(a) Build houses.
(b) Ride a horse.
(c) Shoot muskets and wield swords.
(d) Read and write.

3. Which animals constantly prowled the perimeter of Plymouth?
(a) Wolves.
(b) Elephants.
(c) Wild boar.
(d) Buffalo.

4. Who are Alice's good friends in Plymouth?
(a) Eleanor and Susanna.
(b) Mercy and Eleanor.
(c) Elizabeth and Mary.
(d) Susanna and Elizabeth.

5. What does John Billington tell John Newcomen upon their first meeting?
(a) Newcomen is milking Billington's cow.
(b) Newcomen is building on Billington's land.
(c) The leaders of Plymouth are very fair.
(d) Newcomen might be friends with Billington's son.

Short Answer Questions

1. How had Billington signed his letter to the investors?

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

3. What does Alice once overhear a shopkeeper saying about her looks?

4. Who is Alice's newborn baby in Part I?

5. Why does Governor Bradford initially decline to give John Billington a fourth parcel of land?

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