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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 Dorothy's secret letter to her mother say?
(a) She is pregnant again.
(b) She is very excited about her journey.
(c) She wants help to come home.
(d) She wants to divorce William.

2. What does Alice step upon on her way to the Mayflower to see Dorothy off?
(a) A cockroach.
(b) A snake.
(c) A toad.
(d) A cat's tail.

3. What does Dorothy give to Alice before they part for the last time?
(a) Her favorite pen.
(b) Her handkerchief.
(c) Her ring.
(d) Her favorite book.

4. What does Eleanor Billington say to John Billington when they hear the rest of the colonists arriving to where Newcomen's body lies?
(a) Beg for mercy.
(b) Here come the savages.
(c) Run as fast as you can!
(d) Brace yourself.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the indentured servant's rapist threaten to do if she tells anyone what he did to her?

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

3. What does Eleanor Billington tell the crowd right after Newcomen's murder?

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

5. What does John Billington tell the person he speaks with privately at the very beginning of Part III?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What fear does Alice develop about her husband for the first time while they are waiting for the ship's repairs?

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

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

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

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

10. What do Alice and Elizabeth hear in Part IV at the brook that sends them running back to the meeting house?

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