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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were Alice's two strong feelings for Dorothy when the two were friends?
(a) Pity and love.
(b) Love and envy.
(c) Love and empathy.
(d) Empathy and pity.

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

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

4. How does Dorothy feel about moving to the colonies?
(a) She is excited to go.
(b) She is indifferent about going.
(c) She does not want to go.
(d) She will go, but only after her parents have passed away.

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

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

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

8. Who is Dorothy's first living child?
(a) James.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Henry.
(d) John.

9. What happens to Dorothy's first-born child?
(a) She is very weak.
(b) She dies about a week after being born.
(c) She lives to the age of two and then dies of illness.
(d) She is stillborn.

10. What does Billington call Weston in front of the other colonists that makes Weston very angry?
(a) A lying rascal and a rogue.
(b) A man of God.
(c) A Jew.
(d) The devil himself.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the indentured servant's rapist threaten to do if she tells anyone what he did to her?

2. Who is Alice Bradford's first husband?

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

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

5. What does John Billington tell Eleanor he is taking his gun to shoot in Part IV?

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