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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 Weston repeatedly ask Billington in Part IV?
(a) If Billington wants to give up his land.
(b) If Billington wants to become a priest.
(c) If Billington wants to go back to London with Weston.
(d) If Billington wants to trade with the Indians.

2. Where does Alice leave Joseph sleeping when she goes to wash dishes in Part IV?
(a) In his moses basket next to William.
(b) In the care of Eleanor Billington.
(c) In the care of Susanna.
(d) In the cellars beneath the meeting house, alone.

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

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

5. What day of the week is John Billington's hanging scheduled for?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Friday.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Standish tell Billington is a punishable offense that he accuses Billington of committing in Part III?

2. Who does Morton tell the Billingtons is keeping two Indians captive in London?

3. What letters does William Bradford write to his investors in London from the boarding house?

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

5. What was a "cabin" on the Speedwell?

Short Essay Questions

1. What opinion does William eventually form of the ship's captain?

2. What promise does Alice Bradford make to Dorothy in Part III?

3. Why does Alice decide not to go on the journey to Plymouth with Dorothy and the others?

4. Who arrives on the ship with the newcomers and how does John Billington feel about this person?

5. What does Standish ask Billington when Billington shows him the beaver pelts he means to use to buy his last piece of land?

6. What does Plymouth do with some of its dead in the worst of its first winter?

7. How does Alice get back to Holland as a widow with no money?

8. How does Eleanor react when Billington tells her about his crime?

9. What does Billington say when he confronts Thomas Weston in Part IV?

10. What does Dorothy ask her mother in the secret letter she sends from Southampton?

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