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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 John, Alice's stepson, say he wished he had not asked his mother for?
(a) To eat from a certain plate.
(b) To come to the colony with her.
(c) To have her read him a bedtime story.
(d) To sing with her.

2. How does Dorothy feel about moving to the colonies?
(a) She does not want to go.
(b) She is excited to go.
(c) She is indifferent about going.
(d) She will go, but only after her parents have passed away.

3. What does Standish tell Billington is a punishable offense that he accuses Billington of committing in Part III?
(a) Trading with Indians.
(b) Taking the name of the lord in vain.
(c) Trading on Christmas Day.
(d) Having children out of wedlock.

4. What does Billington call Weston in front of the other colonists that makes Weston very angry?
(a) The devil himself.
(b) A Jew.
(c) A lying rascal and a rogue.
(d) A man of God.

5. What is William Bradford's job in Holland?
(a) He is a carpenter.
(b) He is a fustian weaver.
(c) He is a lawyer.
(d) He is a baker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does William Bradford object to Dorothy's choice of flowers for her wedding?

2. What kind of flowers had Dorothy wanted for her wedding bouquet?

3. Where is John Billington kept while he awaits his murder trial?

4. What do John Billington and Thomas Morton do to excess at Billington's house in Part IV?

5. What does Dorothy give to Alice before they part for the last time?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What kind of story is Thomas Morton writing in Part IV?

4. What is William Bradford angry with Thomas Weston about in Part IV?

5. What considerations do the leaders of the colony weigh in figuring out how to handle the murder?

6. What does Alice Bradford feel it is important to tell Dorothy's and William's son when she first meets him in Part IV?

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

8. What problems start on the journey to the new world almost immediately?

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

10. Why does John Billington shoot Newcomen?

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