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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. Who does Eleanor Billington say was the first murdered in the colony?
(a) Robert Fringle.
(b) James Henry.
(c) Deacon Francis Hardy.
(d) Dorothy Bradford, by herself.

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

3. What does Thomas Weston tell John Billington his letter did among the investors?
(a) Caused a stir.
(b) Made them realize Billington should be a priest.
(c) Made them realize Billington should be cast out of the colony and move to Boston instead.
(d) Made them realize how unfairly he had been treated.

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

5. Which of the following does Alice have to sell to get back to Holland?
(a) Her wedding ring.
(b) A musket.
(c) Her mother's best earrings.
(d) Her best dress.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many jurors does William Bradford choose for John Billington's trial?

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

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

5. Who is the Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony in Part IV?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Eleanor Billington worried about her husband John and Thomas Morton doing in Part IV?

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

4. What challenges and struggles does Dorothy have before she ever leaves for Plymouth?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What crosses Alice's path on her way to the dock in Part III that she takes as an ill omen?

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