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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 209 - 266).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Dorothy's first-born child?
(a) She dies about a week after being born.
(b) She is very weak.
(c) She lives to the age of two and then dies of illness.
(d) She is stillborn.

2. Why is William Bradford so angry at Thomas Weston in Part IV?
(a) For bringing too many new colonists.
(b) For letting Thomas Morton back into the colony.
(c) For being so late arriving.
(d) For bringing a priest on the ship.

3. What does John Billington tell the person he speaks with privately at the very beginning of Part III?
(a) He wants his daughter to marry this person's son.
(b) He wants to leave the colony.
(c) He wants to start a new trade.
(d) He wants to purchase the land adjacent to his own.

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

5. What do both Dorothy and Alice agree to in deciding to travel to the new world with their husbands?
(a) Taking only one pair of shoes each.
(b) Fasting for the month before leaving.
(c) Leaving their children behind.
(d) Taking only their rosaries with them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Standish kept in mind when planning Plymouth?

2. What is one of the last images John Newcomen ever sees in his mind?

3. Who used to beat and mistreat Newcomen back in England?

4. Who does Dorothy really want to marry?

5. How does Alice Bradford refer to Dorothy Bradford?

(see the answer key)

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