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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What day of the week is John Billington's hanging scheduled for?
(a) Friday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Wednesday.

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

3. Why does Eleanor Billington hope the colony leaders will pardon John Billington for the murder?
(a) They are actually merciful.
(b) They will be attacked by the Indians if they kill one of their own.
(c) Alice will convince them to be compassionate.
(d) They will not want blood on their own hands.

4. 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) Candlesticks to take him.
(c) Special wine from the cellars.
(d) More food than they give themselves.

5. What do the barrels on the Speedwell contain that worries Alice about her sons' safety on the ship?
(a) Wine.
(b) Bullets.
(c) Fertilizer.
(d) Gunpowder.

6. What does John Billington think John Newcomen's first name is?
(a) Francis.
(b) Jim.
(c) Henry.
(d) Robert.

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

8. How does the Speedwell's master eventually tell the settlers they will have to travel to the colony?
(a) By train.
(b) They have to cancel their whole trip for all the settlers.
(c) By airplane.
(d) On the Mayflower.

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

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

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

12. What work does Thomas Morton tell John Billington he is currently writing in Part IV?
(a) The True Story of Plymouth.
(b) The New English Canaan.
(c) The Colonists' Downfall.
(d) Devil at Plymouth.

13. What does Eleanor Billington do in a last-ditch effort to save John Billington's life?
(a) Break him out of jail.
(b) Pray for his soul herself.
(c) Write to King James to ask for mercy.
(d) Plead his case for mercy to Alice Bradford.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John Billington tell the person he speaks with privately at the very beginning of Part III?

2. What do John Billington and Thomas Morton do to excess at Billington's house in Part IV?

3. What does Billington call Weston in front of the other colonists that makes Weston very angry?

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

5. When is the only time Alice is thankful to see Myles Standish with his gun ready?

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