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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. Where were Dorothy and the others originally intended to settle in the new world?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) New York.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Virginia.

2. What is one of the last images John Newcomen ever sees in his mind?
(a) His stepfather.
(b) Eugenia.
(c) His son.
(d) His little brother.

3. Who is Alice Bradford's first husband?
(a) Edward Southworth.
(b) Henry Stalworth.
(c) Alvin Hemmings.
(d) William Bradford.

4. What does Billington offer as proof of his funds in Part III?
(a) Beaver pelts.
(b) Beer.
(c) Money.
(d) Cheese.

5. What do John Billington and Thomas Morton do to excess at Billington's house in Part IV?
(a) Gamble.
(b) Drink.
(c) Eat.
(d) Sing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Eleanor Billington hope the colony leaders will pardon John Billington for the murder?

2. What do the Puritans believe asking for anything earthly will bring about?

3. What does Alice tell her stepson John in the beginning of Part IV?

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

5. Why does Weston say he will not have Billington killed after all in Part IV?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does John Billington shoot Newcomen?

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

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

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

6. What happens to a nameless young girl in Part III?

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

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

9. What problem does William Bradford have with the flowers Dorothy wants for her wedding bouquet?

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

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