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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alice tell her stepson John in the beginning of Part IV?
(a) Dorothy, his mother, killed herself.
(b) Dorothy, his mother, was a spirit of the land now.
(c) Dorothy, his mother, loved him very much.
(d) Dorothy, his mother, was killed by Indians.

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

3. What alcohol do the newcomers and the colonists mostly drink?
(a) Wine.
(b) Gin.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Ale.

4. Who goes with Alice to wash dishes after the newcomers' dinner in Part IV?
(a) Eleanor.
(b) Mary.
(c) Constance.
(d) Elizabeth.

5. Why does Billington think he should never have been required to serve his indentured servitude years to begin with?
(a) He had paid off the remainder of his servitude time.
(b) His son had also contributed to his servitude debt.
(c) They had never landed in Virginia as the charter had dictated.
(d) He had served time in servitude before they left England already.

6. What do both Dorothy and Alice agree to in deciding to travel to the new world with their husbands?
(a) Taking only their rosaries with them.
(b) Leaving their children behind.
(c) Taking only one pair of shoes each.
(d) Fasting for the month before leaving.

7. What does Weston repeatedly ask Billington in Part IV?
(a) If Billington wants to become a priest.
(b) If Billington wants to go back to London with Weston.
(c) If Billington wants to trade with the Indians.
(d) If Billington wants to give up his land.

8. What letters does William Bradford write to his investors in London from the boarding house?
(a) Everything is going well with the journey.
(b) They are in dire financial straits.
(c) They have decided to go to Boston instead of Plymouth because the soil there is better.
(d) They have decided not to go to the colonies because the weather is too poor.

9. 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.

10. Who rapes a nameless indentured servant in Part III?
(a) Another indentured servant.
(b) William Bradford.
(c) The deacon.
(d) Her master's brother.

11. What does the Speedwell's master say is wrong about a half-day into their journey?
(a) The ship has hit an iceberg.
(b) The ship leaks.
(c) The ship is short of sailors.
(d) The ship has bad spirits aboard.

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

13. Why does Weston say he will not have Billington killed after all in Part IV?
(a) He is not worth the gunpowder it will take.
(b) He is not worth the court processing that will follow from his killing.
(c) His soul will definitely to go hell.
(d) His wife will be too distraught.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What gesture of Eleanor Billington's does John Billington love?

2. How many jurors does William Bradford choose for John Billington's trial?

3. What does Dorothy's secret letter to her mother say?

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

5. Why does John Billington insist on going back for Newcomen's body?

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