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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Thomas Weston tell John Billington his letter did among the investors?
(a) Made them realize Billington should be a priest.
(b) Caused a stir.
(c) Made them realize how unfairly he had been treated.
(d) Made them realize Billington should be cast out of the colony and move to Boston instead.

2. 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 her own baby.
(d) The stillbirth of Dorothy's first baby.

3. 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 one pair of shoes each.
(d) Taking only their rosaries with them.

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

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

6. What does the indentured servant's rapist threaten to do if she tells anyone what he did to her?
(a) Kill her mother.
(b) Kill all her friends.
(c) Kill her family's livestock.
(d) Kill her sister.

7. Why does Weston say he will not have Billington killed after all in Part IV?
(a) He is not worth the gunpowder it will take.
(b) He is not worth the court processing that will follow from his killing.
(c) His soul will definitely to go hell.
(d) His wife will be too distraught.

8. 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.

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

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

11. What gesture of Eleanor Billington's does John Billington love?
(a) How she blows the stray curl out of her face.
(b) How she ties her apron twice.
(c) How she scrunches her eyebrows when she is mad.
(d) How she scratches her nose with her middle finger.

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

13. What item in particular do the colonists have to sell much of in order to continue their journey due to their delays?
(a) Butter.
(b) Meat.
(c) Spinach.
(d) Cheese.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Alice leave Joseph sleeping when she goes to wash dishes in Part IV?

2. What happens to Dorothy's first-born child?

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

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

5. Who is Dorothy's first living child?

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