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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is John Billington kept while he awaits his murder trial?
(a) The stocks.
(b) Myles Standish's house.
(c) The fort, the jail in the basement of the gathering house.
(d) He is allowed to go home to his own house.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What was a "cabin" on the Speedwell?
(a) A bed lifted off the ground.
(b) A crate.
(c) A board in the wall.
(d) An enclosed room.

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

12. What does Alice hear people at the boarding house calling their group in Part III that offends her?
(a) Puritans.
(b) Jews.
(c) Zealots.
(d) Heathens.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Susanna White commission to bring to the colony that the others view as extravagant?

4. What does Alice think when she hears a gunshot in Part IV?

5. Who is John Billington very happy to see disembark from the ship in Part III?

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