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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. Why does John Billington insist on going back for Newcomen's body?
(a) He wants to see if the priest will bless it.
(b) He wants to prove to the others what he has done.
(c) He wants to make Myles Standish do the work of burying it.
(d) It is not right to leave a dead body alone like that.

2. What letters does William Bradford write to his investors in London from the boarding house?
(a) They have decided not to go to the colonies because the weather is too poor.
(b) They are in dire financial straits.
(c) They have decided to go to Boston instead of Plymouth because the soil there is better.
(d) Everything is going well with the journey.

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

4. What does John Billington tell the person he speaks with privately at the very beginning of Part III?
(a) He wants to leave the colony.
(b) He wants to start a new trade.
(c) He wants to purchase the land adjacent to his own.
(d) He wants his daughter to marry this person's son.

5. Who is John Billington very happy to see disembark from the ship in Part III?
(a) Henry Jamison.
(b) Thomas Morton.
(c) Thomas Weston.
(d) John Worthington.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the Dutch experiencing tense relations with in Part III?

2. What does Elizabeth tell Alice may have been a factor in Dorothy's dour mood right before Dorothy died?

3. Where does Alice live after getting back to Holland following her husband's death?

4. Where do the women go to wash the dishes after the dinner for the newcomers?

5. What does Billington offer as proof of his funds in Part III?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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