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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who does Eleanor Billington say was the first murdered in the colony?
(a) James Henry.
(b) Deacon Francis Hardy.
(c) Dorothy Bradford, by herself.
(d) Robert Fringle.

6. What does Billington offer as proof of his funds in Part III?
(a) Cheese.
(b) Beer.
(c) Beaver pelts.
(d) Money.

7. Why is William Bradford so angry at Thomas Weston in Part IV?
(a) For letting Thomas Morton back into the colony.
(b) For bringing a priest on the ship.
(c) For bringing too many new colonists.
(d) For being so late arriving.

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

9. What does Alice consider is always a threat from nature in Part IV?
(a) The poisonous plants.
(b) The wolf packs.
(c) The poisoned streams.
(d) The extreme heat.

10. What does John, Alice's stepson, say he wished he had not asked his mother for?
(a) To sing with her.
(b) To eat from a certain plate.
(c) To come to the colony with her.
(d) To have her read him a bedtime story.

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

12. Who are Alice's two children she wants to bring on the journey to the colony with her, despite saying she would leave them behind?
(a) John and Henry.
(b) Constant and Henry.
(c) James and Thomas.
(d) Constant and Thomas.

13. Who does Morton tell the Billingtons is keeping two Indians captive in London?
(a) Sir Ferdinando Gorges.
(b) Myles Standish.
(c) William Bradford.
(d) Pastor Robinson.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Speedwell's master say is wrong about a half-day into their journey?

2. Where do the women go to wash the dishes after the dinner for the newcomers?

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

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

5. Why does Eleanor Billington hope the colony leaders will pardon John Billington for the murder?

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