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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. Why do some of the colonists at Plymouth decline to celebrate Christmas?
(a) The governor saw God in a vision, who told him not to celebrate it.
(b) The king told them not to.
(c) It has no scriptural history.
(d) They do not have enough money to celebrate it.

2. What is the word Eleanor and John Billington use most often, privately, to refer to the leaders at Plymouth?
(a) Bretheren.
(b) Heathens.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Hypocrites.

3. What does Standish saw Francis Billington lied about?
(a) Seeing a wolf.
(b) Discovering a new lake.
(c) Finding a redwood.
(d) Making friends with the Indians.

4. Why does John Billington insist on going back for Newcomen's body?
(a) He wants to prove to the others what he has done.
(b) It is not right to leave a dead body alone like that.
(c) He wants to make Myles Standish do the work of burying it.
(d) He wants to see if the priest will bless it.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Who does William Bradford not want at the dinner for the newcomers?

5. What does Dorothy give to Alice before they part for the last time?

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