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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. What does Alice throw to the floor at Eleanor Billington's house?
(a) A handkerchief.
(b) An egg.
(c) A hen.
(d) A bottle of milk.

2. Who is John Newcomen's fiance?
(a) Mary.
(b) Eugenia.
(c) Henrietta.
(d) Mercy.

3. Which Indian tribe are the people of Plymouth friendly with?
(a) Cherokee.
(b) Tallahatchee.
(c) Wampanoag.
(d) Iriquois.

4. How had Billington signed his letter to the investors?
(a) The Carpenter.
(b) The Knave.
(c) The King.
(d) The Ill-Treated Servant.

5. What does Mr. Johnson ask John Billington's help with in Part I?
(a) Loaning him money.
(b) Getting his infant baptized.
(c) Hunting.
(d) Clearing trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Eleanor been out of her indentured servitude?

2. What does Susanna decorate her door with?

3. Who does William Bradford not want at the dinner for the newcomers?

4. What did John Smith originally name Plymouth?

5. What does John Billington do in Part I that William Bradford calls a transgression?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What part of the day does John Billington love, and why?

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

4. What does the young Johnson man ask John Billington for help with in Part I, and what is Billington's response?

5. What is John Newcomen's motivation in coming to Plymouth?

6. Why did William used to scold Dorothy for the treatment of their son John?

7. What did John Billington's letter to the colony's investors say?

8. In Part I, how do the Billingtons view the leaders of Plymouth, and why?

9. Who is one of John Billington's closest friends, and what do the two have in common?

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

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