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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Alice Bradford refer to Dorothy Bradford?

2. What does Alice Bradford think Standish has been doing more of recently rather than fighting Indians?

3. Whose house is Billington's directly across from?

4. What do Alice and others in the colony say when a problem comes up?

5. What does Mr. Johnson ask John Billington's help with in Part I?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Dorothy not allowed to marry the man she really loves, a Dutch man?

2. What grief have John and Eleanor Billington recently suffered?

3. What does Dorothy think when she contracts smallpox?

4. How does Alice Bradford really feel about Eleanor Billington?

5. What is one of John Billington's biggest frustrations with the leaders of Plymouth?

6. Why did William used to scold Dorothy for the treatment of their son John?

7. What part of the day does John Billington love, and why?

8. How do most of the settlers feel about Captain Myles Standish?

9. What is John Newcomen's motivation in coming to Plymouth?

10. What does Eleanor Billington say to Alice Bradford that gets Alice so upset she throws an egg?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When does Alice Bradford first truly see a sinister side to her husband William, and what brings about this revelation? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Nesbit portray the Plymouth colonists' relationship with the Indians? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What characteristics, failings, and traits does Thomas Weston embody, and what do you think Nesbit uses his character to communicate to the reader about the workings of British society and the Plymouth colony? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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