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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 goes with Alice to wash dishes after the newcomers' dinner in Part IV?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Eleanor.
(c) Constance.
(d) Mary.

2. What does Eleanor Billington do in a last-ditch effort to save John Billington's life?
(a) Plead his case for mercy to Alice Bradford.
(b) Write to King James to ask for mercy.
(c) Pray for his soul herself.
(d) Break him out of jail.

3. What does Alice think when she hears a gunshot in Part IV?
(a) It is likely settlers fighting.
(b) It is likely a Spanish invasion.
(c) It is like an invasion of white men from another colony.
(d) It is likely Indian attack.

4. What makes Alice doubt that the reasons for tragedies are God's intentions?
(a) The stillbirth of her own baby.
(b) Her husband's death.
(c) Her mother's death.
(d) The stillbirth of Dorothy's first baby.

5. What item in particular do the colonists have to sell much of in order to continue their journey due to their delays?
(a) Meat.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Spinach.
(d) Butter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does John Billington ask to speak with privately at the very start of Part III?

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

3. Which of the following does Alice have to sell to get back to Holland?

4. What does John Billington think John Newcomen's first name is?

5. What is one of the last images John Newcomen ever sees in his mind?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does John Billington shoot Newcomen?

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

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

7. How are the would-be settlers treated at the port in England when they are stuck there while waiting for the ship's repairs?

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

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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