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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Dorothy really want to marry?
(a) Henry.
(b) John.
(c) Myles.
(d) Johannes.

2. Which church did the Puritans separate from to form their own sect?
(a) The Lutheran Church.
(b) The Catholic Church.
(c) The Methodist Church.
(d) The Church of England.

3. What does John Billington do in Part I that William Bradford calls a transgression?
(a) Steals food.
(b) Sends his son for an agnostic education.
(c) Writes to the investors complaining of unfair treatment.
(d) Makes romantic advances towards Alice.

4. What does Susanna decorate her door with?
(a) Grass.
(b) Daisies.
(c) Swamp marsh.
(d) Bird feathers.

5. Why do some of the colonists at Plymouth decline to celebrate Christmas?
(a) The king told them not to.
(b) The governor saw God in a vision, who told him not to celebrate it.
(c) They do not have enough money to celebrate it.
(d) It has no scriptural history.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does William Bradford often do in the afternoons?

2. What does Alice throw to the floor at Eleanor Billington's house?

3. What do Dorothy's parents make her wear for dinner with William Bradford?

4. How does Alice refer to a woman's first period?

5. How does Alice Bradford refer to Dorothy Bradford?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Alice Bradford really feel about Eleanor Billington?

2. What does William Bradford wait for in order to propose to Dorothy?

3. What grief have John and Eleanor Billington recently suffered?

4. Why is William Bradford upset about the impending investors' visit to the colony?

5. How do the women of Plymouth in particular think of Myles Standish?

6. What does Standish tell Eleanor Billington at the start of Part II about the dinner for the newcomers that is big news?

7. What is one of John Billington's biggest frustrations with the leaders of Plymouth?

8. How do most of the settlers feel about Captain Myles Standish?

9. Why is the lake that the Billingtons' son discovers named after him?

10. What does Billington tell Newcomen when he first meets him?

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