View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Standish teach the men of Plymouth to do before they all left Holland?
(a) Read and write.
(b) Build houses.
(c) Shoot muskets and wield swords.
(d) Ride a horse.

2. What do Dorothy's parents make her wear for dinner with William Bradford?
(a) Pants and a blazer.
(b) Her own mother's second-best dress.
(c) A nightgown.
(d) A communion dress.

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

4. Why will Dorothy's father refuse to agree to let her marry who she really wants to?
(a) He is Dutch.
(b) He is too old.
(c) He is too young.
(d) He is American.

5. How do the women of Plymouth privately think of Standish?
(a) As the murderer.
(b) As the Man Not to Be Crossed.
(c) As the singer.
(d) As the Man Whom Even the Maidservant Would Not Marry.

6. How had Billington signed his letter to the investors?
(a) The King.
(b) The Carpenter.
(c) The Knave.
(d) The Ill-Treated Servant.

7. Who is Eleanor Billington's surviving son?
(a) Francis.
(b) Henry.
(c) John.
(d) James.

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

9. Whose head sits on a stake above the meeting house in Plymouth?
(a) Riding Strong.
(b) Washakie.
(c) Manowit.
(d) Wituwamat.

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

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

12. Whose house is Billington's directly across from?
(a) Thomas Morton's.
(b) Myles Standish's.
(c) William Bradford's.
(d) Thomas Weston's.

13. What does Alice once overhear a shopkeeper saying about her looks?
(a) She looks Chinese.
(b) She looks Italian.
(c) She looks American.
(d) She looks Indian.

14. Who does Dorothy really want to marry?
(a) Henry.
(b) John.
(c) Myles.
(d) Johannes.

15. Which animals constantly prowled the perimeter of Plymouth?
(a) Elephants.
(b) Buffalo.
(c) Wild boar.
(d) Wolves.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the women of Plymouth often address their husbands?

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

3. Who is John Newcomen's fiance?

4. Who ends up marrying the woman Standish had originally wanted to marry?

5. What does Alice throw to the floor at Eleanor Billington's house?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 413 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample