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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Alice often tell her children to try to get them to behave?
(a) God is watching.
(b) Naughty children get sick.
(c) God tests.
(d) Santa will not come if you are naughty.

3. What does Myles Standish reveal to Eleanor Billington about the dinner for newcomers that she did not previously know?
(a) Queen Victoria would be there.
(b) Thomas Morton would be there.
(c) Thomas Weston would be there.
(d) King James would be there.

4. Who does William ask Alice to visit in Part I?
(a) Susanna Clarke.
(b) Eleanor Billington.
(c) Daisy Hedstrom.
(d) Dorothy Birde.

5. When was the first colonist in Plymouth murdered?
(a) 1575.
(b) 1630.
(c) 1620.
(d) 1610.

6. How old is John Billington in Part I?
(a) 25.
(b) 60.
(c) 50.
(d) 40.

7. What does William Bradford often do in the afternoons?
(a) Bathe.
(b) Sing.
(c) Read scripture.
(d) Build fences.

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

9. What does John Billington do in Part I that William Bradford calls a transgression?
(a) Makes romantic advances towards Alice.
(b) Writes to the investors complaining of unfair treatment.
(c) Steals food.
(d) Sends his son for an agnostic education.

10. Where in Holland had Dorothy and Alice lived prior to traveling to Plymouth?
(a) Rotterdam.
(b) Amsterdam.
(c) Reden.
(d) Leiden.

11. Who is John Newcomen's fiance?
(a) Mercy.
(b) Mary.
(c) Eugenia.
(d) Henrietta.

12. What did Dorothy and Alice used to secretly consume in Dorothy's father's study?
(a) Alchohol.
(b) Meat.
(c) Tea.
(d) Sweets.

13. What does Alice Bradford think Standish has been doing more of recently rather than fighting Indians?
(a) Teaching schoolchildren.
(b) Squabbling with the black sheep of the colony.
(c) Planting crops.
(d) Minding his own children.

14. What does Eleanor call Myles Standish to rile him up?
(a) Master Standish.
(b) Just "Standish."
(c) Lady Standish.
(d) Mister Standish.

15. What does Susanna decorate her door with?
(a) Bird feathers.
(b) Swamp marsh.
(c) Grass.
(d) Daisies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pastor Robinson tell William Bradford in his letter about once there has been bloodshed?

2. Who is Alice's newborn baby in Part I?

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

4. Why do some of the colonists at Plymouth decline to celebrate Christmas?

5. Who are Alice's good friends in Plymouth?

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