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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Susanna White commission to bring to the colony that the others view as extravagant?
(a) A wicker bassinet.
(b) A wardrobe.
(c) A picture frame.
(d) A hope chest.

2. What is William Bradford's job in Holland?
(a) He is a fustian weaver.
(b) He is a lawyer.
(c) He is a baker.
(d) He is a carpenter.

3. What punishment does Eleanor Billington both fear and expect for her husband John?
(a) Banishment.
(b) Indentured servitude.
(c) A life in prison sentence.
(d) Death by hanging.

4. What does Elizabeth tell Alice may have been a factor in Dorothy's dour mood right before Dorothy died?
(a) The loss of another baby through miscarriage.
(b) The death of her husband.
(c) The death of a boy named Jasper.
(d) The death of Dorothy's own mother.

5. Who pays for dinner to be served for Alice's group at the boardinghouse on the first night?
(a) William Bradford.
(b) John Carver.
(c) John Billington.
(d) Henry Jamison.

6. What do John Billington and Thomas Morton do to excess at Billington's house in Part IV?
(a) Eat.
(b) Drink.
(c) Sing.
(d) Gamble.

7. What do Alice Bradford and the others give to the newcomers at the first dinner in Part IV?
(a) Sweets with a lot of sugar.
(b) More food than they give themselves.
(c) Candlesticks to take him.
(d) Special wine from the cellars.

8. What is one action the midwife tells Dorothy to try to increase her fertility?
(a) Taking the sap from a maple tree.
(b) Dancing during the full moon.
(c) Putting a tail feather in William's morning porridge.
(d) Eating more meat.

9. Why do William and the others not want to travel to New Netherlands and settle there?
(a) The land in New Netherlands was notoriously bad for growing things.
(b) They would be living in a Catholic land.
(c) They would be living in another Dutch colony, only this time along the Hudson River.
(d) God had told him in a dream not to move there.

10. What does Alice step upon on her way to the Mayflower to see Dorothy off?
(a) A snake.
(b) A cockroach.
(c) A toad.
(d) A cat's tail.

11. What does the indentured servant's rapist threaten to do if she tells anyone what he did to her?
(a) Kill all her friends.
(b) Kill her family's livestock.
(c) Kill her sister.
(d) Kill her mother.

12. What does John, Alice's stepson, say he was told about his mother's death?
(a) She died of cholera.
(b) She slipped from the ship.
(c) She was killed by Indians.
(d) She killed herself.

13. What does Thomas Weston tell John Billington his letter did among the investors?
(a) Made them realize Billington should be a priest.
(b) Made them realize Billington should be cast out of the colony and move to Boston instead.
(c) Made them realize how unfairly he had been treated.
(d) Caused a stir.

14. What does John Billington tell Eleanor he is taking his gun to shoot in Part IV?
(a) Wolves.
(b) Bears.
(c) Moose.
(d) Deer.

15. Who is John Billington very happy to see disembark from the ship in Part III?
(a) Henry Jamison.
(b) John Worthington.
(c) Thomas Morton.
(d) Thomas Weston.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Alice live after getting back to Holland following her husband's death?

2. Why does William Bradford object to Dorothy's choice of flowers for her wedding?

3. Which of the following does Alice have to sell to get back to Holland?

4. What does John Newcomen ask Myles Standish for after his first meeting with John Billington?

5. What alcohol do the newcomers and the colonists mostly drink?

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