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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

4. What did John Smith originally name Plymouth?
(a) Remley.
(b) Rockfordshire.
(c) Patuxet.
(d) Hartfordshire.

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

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

7. What is Dorothy's middle name?
(a) May.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Mary.
(d) Anne.

8. Who does William Bradford not want at the dinner for the newcomers?
(a) The Billingtons.
(b) Dorothy Birde.
(c) Myles Standish.
(d) Thomas Weston.

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

10. How did Billington first come to Plymouth?
(a) As a skilled carpenter.
(b) As a church deacon.
(c) As an indentured servant.
(d) As a governor.

11. What does John Billington tell John Newcomen upon their first meeting?
(a) The leaders of Plymouth are very fair.
(b) Newcomen is building on Billington's land.
(c) Newcomen is milking Billington's cow.
(d) Newcomen might be friends with Billington's son.

12. What does Johannes do after saying goodbye to Dorothy?
(a) Becomes a merchant marine.
(b) Becomes a carpenter.
(c) Joins the Dutch military.
(d) Becomes a priest.

13. Who used to beat and mistreat Newcomen back in England?
(a) His stepfather.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His mother.
(d) His older brother.

14. How does Alice Bradford refer to Dorothy Bradford?
(a) Her sister-in-law.
(b) Her soul mate.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her dearest consort.

15. Who is the man given land right next to the Billingtons' land?
(a) Henry Ridger.
(b) James Rider.
(c) John Newcomen.
(d) Thomas Mallow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness does Dorothy contract before her marriage?

2. Why does Governor Bradford initially decline to give John Billington a fourth parcel of land?

3. What does Eleanor call Myles Standish to rile him up?

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

5. What did Standish teach the men of Plymouth to do before they all left Holland?

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