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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. Who are Alice's good friends in Plymouth?

2. Which Indian tribe are the people of Plymouth friendly with?

3. What illness does Dorothy contract before her marriage?

4. Who is the man given land right next to the Billingtons' land?

5. Who is John Newcomen's fiance?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Standish tell Eleanor Billington at the start of Part II about the dinner for the newcomers that is big news?

6. Why does William Bradford ask his wife Alice to pay a visit to Eleanor Billington in Part I?

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

8. What does Dorothy think when she contracts smallpox?

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

10. What does Billington tell Newcomen when he first meets him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Nesbit foreshadow the truth of what really happened to Dorothy on the Mayflower throughout the book, and what was your reaction when she finally reveals the truth of Dorothy's death? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

How would you describe, in general, the relationships of Alice, Susanna, and Elizabeth with their husbands during the early years at Plymouth? What were the power dynamics, in particular, in these relationships like? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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