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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Alice think is her role concerning her husband and the colony?
(a) To remain quiet.
(b) To be a juror.
(c) To offer suggestions.
(d) To be a judge.

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

4. What had Standish kept in mind when planning Plymouth?
(a) How it could be defended.
(b) How many wolves lived in the area.
(c) What the fishing in the bay would be like.
(d) Its soil.

5. What do Alice and others in the colony say when a problem comes up?
(a) Fight through.
(b) God tests.
(c) Bully!
(d) What will be will be.

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

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

8. What community did Thomas Morton go to after leaving Plymouth?
(a) Boston.
(b) Chesick.
(c) Merrymount.
(d) Hertforshire.

9. Where does Dorothy see Johannes for the last time?
(a) At school.
(b) The market on Saturday.
(c) On her own doorstep.
(d) Church.

10. What does William Bradford wait for in order to propose to Dorothy?
(a) His inheritance sum.
(b) His older brother to marry first.
(c) His business partner to bless the union.
(d) His law degree.

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

12. What kind of wish does Alice think of "dominance" as?
(a) Primal.
(b) Earthly.
(c) Divine.
(d) Secondary.

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

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

15. What does Eleanor Billington use to taunt Alice in Part II?
(a) The fact that Alice is a terrible cook.
(b) The fact that Alice's husband is having an affair and everyone knows it.
(c) The fact that Dorothy used to be married to William Bradford, Alice's husband.
(d) The fact that Alice is homely.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the colonists' nickname for Myles Standish?

2. Who is the man given land right next to the Billingtons' land?

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

4. What does Alice give to Newcomen when she first sees him?

5. Which Indian chief does Bradford strike a treaty with?

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