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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does John Billington ask to speak with privately at the very start of Part III?
(a) Alice.
(b) Morton.
(c) Bradford.
(d) Standish.

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

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

4. What makes Alice doubt that the reasons for tragedies are God's intentions?
(a) Her husband's death.
(b) Her mother's death.
(c) The stillbirth of Dorothy's first baby.
(d) The stillbirth of her own baby.

5. Where is the Speedwell forced to dock in an unscheduled stop?
(a) Wiltfordshire.
(b) Chicory.
(c) Southampton.
(d) Eglington.

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

7. What does Standish tell Billington is a punishable offense that he accuses Billington of committing in Part III?
(a) Taking the name of the lord in vain.
(b) Trading with Indians.
(c) Trading on Christmas Day.
(d) Having children out of wedlock.

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

9. 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.

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

11. Why does William Bradford object to Dorothy's choice of flowers for her wedding?
(a) They are flowers associated with births.
(b) They are too bright in color.
(c) They are flowers associated with funerals.
(d) They are not modest in price.

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

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

14. 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) Constant and Thomas.
(b) John and Henry.
(c) James and Thomas.
(d) Constant and Henry.

15. When is the only time Alice is thankful to see Myles Standish with his gun ready?
(a) After she has heard the gunshot following the dinner for the newcomers.
(b) After John, her stepson, has been shot.
(c) After John Billington has been shot.
(d) After William has been shot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which ship was the Speedwell to meet with in England to make the journey to the colonies together?

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

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

4. Who is Dorothy's first living child?

5. Who does Eleanor Billington say was the first murdered in the colony?

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