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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where were Dorothy and the others originally intended to settle in the new world?
(a) New York.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) Virginia.

3. Where had Alice seen an Indian one time before ever arriving in Plymouth?
(a) In a zoo in London.
(b) Displayed by the King in the courtyard of the Tower of London.
(c) In a stone etching in the village.
(d) In an image in a book from the library.

4. What kind of flowers had Dorothy wanted for her wedding bouquet?
(a) Daisies.
(b) Lilies.
(c) Roses.
(d) Hyacinths.

5. Why does John Billington insist on going back for Newcomen's body?
(a) He wants to make Myles Standish do the work of burying it.
(b) He wants to prove to the others what he has done.
(c) It is not right to leave a dead body alone like that.
(d) He wants to see if the priest will bless it.

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

7. What does Eleanor Billington tell the crowd right after Newcomen's murder?
(a) Newcomen was murdered by Indians.
(b) Newcomen had actually shot himself accidentally.
(c) Myles Standish committed the murder.
(d) It is not the first murder in the colony.

8. Who is the Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony in Part IV?
(a) Henry Jamison.
(b) Robert Barrington.
(c) John Calhoun.
(d) John Winthrop.

9. What item in particular do the colonists have to sell much of in order to continue their journey due to their delays?
(a) Meat.
(b) Spinach.
(c) Butter.
(d) Cheese.

10. Where does Alice leave Joseph sleeping when she goes to wash dishes in Part IV?
(a) In the cellars beneath the meeting house, alone.
(b) In his moses basket next to William.
(c) In the care of Eleanor Billington.
(d) In the care of Susanna.

11. What does Dorothy's secret letter to her mother say?
(a) She wants help to come home.
(b) She wants to divorce William.
(c) She is very excited about her journey.
(d) She is pregnant again.

12. What does Eleanor Billington say to John Billington when they hear the rest of the colonists arriving to where Newcomen's body lies?
(a) Here come the savages.
(b) Run as fast as you can!
(c) Beg for mercy.
(d) Brace yourself.

13. Who is Alice Bradford's first husband?
(a) William Bradford.
(b) Alvin Hemmings.
(c) Henry Stalworth.
(d) Edward Southworth.

14. Where is John Billington kept while he awaits his murder trial?
(a) The fort, the jail in the basement of the gathering house.
(b) He is allowed to go home to his own house.
(c) Myles Standish's house.
(d) The stocks.

15. Who are the Dutch experiencing tense relations with in Part III?
(a) The British.
(b) The Spanish.
(c) The Chinese.
(d) The Germans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alice tell her stepson John in the beginning of Part IV?

2. What is one of the last images John Newcomen ever sees in his mind?

3. Why do William and the others not want to travel to New Netherlands and settle there?

4. How does the Speedwell's master eventually tell the settlers they will have to travel to the colony?

5. What happens to Dorothy's first-born child?

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