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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 did Billington first come to Plymouth?

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

3. How do the women of Plymouth often address their husbands?

4. Who is Eleanor Billington's surviving son?

5. How do the women of Plymouth privately think of Standish?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the young Johnson man ask John Billington for help with in Part I, and what is Billington's response?

3. What does John Billington think it means to be "profane"?

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

5. What is one resource that is always scarce in Plymouth and that the women are expected to take less of than the men?

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

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

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

9. What does Pastor Robinson tell Dorothy about her desires?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Why does Eleanor Billington feel that her husband John's trial, sentencing, and hanging all amount to a gross miscarriage of justice, even though they both know he did in fact commit the murder for which he is accused? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the major reasons for Alice Bradford's guilt over the fate of her friend Dorothy, and how does Alice manage and deal with this guilt throughout her life? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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