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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. Who goes with Alice to wash dishes after the newcomers' dinner in Part IV?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Eleanor.
(c) Constance.
(d) Mary.

2. What does Alice tell her stepson John in the beginning of Part IV?
(a) Dorothy, his mother, loved him very much.
(b) Dorothy, his mother, was a spirit of the land now.
(c) Dorothy, his mother, was killed by Indians.
(d) Dorothy, his mother, killed herself.

3. Where were Dorothy and the others originally intended to settle in the new world?
(a) New York.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Virginia.
(d) North Carolina.

4. What makes Alice doubt that the reasons for tragedies are God's intentions?
(a) Her mother's death.
(b) The stillbirth of her own baby.
(c) The stillbirth of Dorothy's first baby.
(d) Her husband's death.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the colonists' nickname for Myles Standish?

2. What is the word the colonists use when someone is bad-tempered?

3. What does Billington offer as proof of his funds in Part III?

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

5. What does Alice dislike about Eleanor Billington's appearance?

(see the answer key)

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