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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 was a "cabin" on the Speedwell?
(a) A bed lifted off the ground.
(b) A board in the wall.
(c) An enclosed room.
(d) A crate.

2. What does Thomas Weston tell John Billington his letter did among the investors?
(a) Caused a stir.
(b) Made them realize Billington should be cast out of the colony and move to Boston instead.
(c) Made them realize Billington should be a priest.
(d) Made them realize how unfairly he had been treated.

3. Which church did the Puritans separate from to form their own sect?
(a) The Catholic Church.
(b) The Church of England.
(c) The Methodist Church.
(d) The Lutheran Church.

4. What does Billington call Weston in front of the other colonists that makes Weston very angry?
(a) A lying rascal and a rogue.
(b) The devil himself.
(c) A Jew.
(d) A man of God.

5. What illness does Dorothy contract before her marriage?
(a) Cholera.
(b) Plague.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Smallpox.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Susanna White commission to bring to the colony that the others view as extravagant?

2. What kind of flowers had Dorothy wanted for her wedding bouquet?

3. What punishment does Eleanor Billington both fear and expect for her husband John?

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

5. Why does John Billington insist on going back for Newcomen's body?

(see the answer key)

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