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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 does John Newcomen ask Myles Standish for after his first meeting with John Billington?
(a) A new gun.
(b) Training to shoot his musket.
(c) A different plot of land.
(d) Money to get started.

2. Where does Alice leave Joseph sleeping when she goes to wash dishes in Part IV?
(a) In the care of Susanna.
(b) In his moses basket next to William.
(c) In the care of Eleanor Billington.
(d) In the cellars beneath the meeting house, alone.

3. What do the Puritans believe asking for anything earthly will bring about?
(a) A loss of money.
(b) Joy.
(c) Suspicion.
(d) God's wrath.

4. What do Dorothy's parents make her wear for dinner with William Bradford?
(a) Her own mother's second-best dress.
(b) A communion dress.
(c) A nightgown.
(d) Pants and a blazer.

5. What does Eleanor say she and John Billington got after 7 years of hard labor and service in Plymouth?
(a) Ten gold coins.
(b) More work to do.
(c) The smallest plot in the colony.
(d) The worst cow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alice think is her role concerning her husband and the colony?

2. What does Alice throw to the floor at Eleanor Billington's house?

3. Who rapes a nameless indentured servant in Part III?

4. Who does John Billington ask to speak with privately at the very start of Part III?

5. What were Alice's two strong feelings for Dorothy when the two were friends?

(see the answer key)

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