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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. What does Alice once overhear a shopkeeper saying about her looks?

2. What does Susanna decorate her door with?

3. What is the colonists' nickname for Myles Standish?

4. What illness does Dorothy contract before her marriage?

5. How does Alice Bradford refer to Dorothy Bradford?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is William Bradford upset about the impending investors' visit to the colony?

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

3. What problem did William Bradford have about the way some colonists conducted themselves on Christmas Day one year?

4. What does Susanna's husband dislike about how she has decorated their house, and why?

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

6. What does William Bradford wait for in order to propose to Dorothy?

7. In Part I, how do the Billingtons view the leaders of Plymouth, and why?

8. Why is the lake that the Billingtons' son discovers named after him?

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

10. How do the women of Plymouth in particular think of Myles Standish?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What kinds of challenges and problems do the would-be settlers encounter nearly from the minute they set foot on the ship the Gifte? What do these hardships seem to predict for their futures? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Why do the Billingtons and some others at Plymouth think the leaders of the colony are hypocritical? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How would you describe the basic tenants and beliefs of the Puritans who initially settle in the new world? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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