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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 give to Newcomen when she first sees him?
(a) Wheat.
(b) Bread.
(c) Eggs.
(d) Milk.

2. How does Alice refer to a woman's first period?
(a) The marker of womanhood.
(b) The blessing.
(c) The bleeding.
(d) The wave.

3. What does Alice dislike about Eleanor Billington's appearance?
(a) Her bonnet.
(b) Her shoes.
(c) Her nails.
(d) Her messy hair.

4. Who does William ask Alice to visit in Part I?
(a) Eleanor Billington.
(b) Daisy Hedstrom.
(c) Susanna Clarke.
(d) Dorothy Birde.

5. What community did Thomas Morton go to after leaving Plymouth?
(a) Chesick.
(b) Merrymount.
(c) Hertforshire.
(d) Boston.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Alice's sister traveled to live since having arrived in Plymouth?

2. How had Billington signed his letter to the investors?

3. How long were the newcomers past due in Part I to arrive in Plymouth?

4. Who is Alice's newborn baby in Part I?

5. What does Myles Standish reveal to Eleanor Billington about the dinner for newcomers that she did not previously know?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one resource that is always scarce in Plymouth and that the women are expected to take less of than the men?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Susanna's husband dislike about how she has decorated their house, and why?

8. What does Dorothy think when she contracts smallpox?

9. What does John Billington think it means to be "profane"?

10. What is Standish's history with the Indians?

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