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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 John Billington tell Eleanor he is taking his gun to shoot in Part IV?

2. What item in particular do the colonists have to sell much of in order to continue their journey due to their delays?

3. Why does Eleanor Billington hope the colony leaders will pardon John Billington for the murder?

4. What happens to Dorothy's first-born child?

5. What does Alice hear people at the boarding house calling their group in Part III that offends her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do Alice and Elizabeth hear in Part IV at the brook that sends them running back to the meeting house?

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

5. How does Alice get back to Holland as a widow with no money?

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

7. What considerations do the leaders of the colony weigh in figuring out how to handle the murder?

8. What does Plymouth do with some of its dead in the worst of its first winter?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which characters or and/or situations in this novel depict corruption and unfairness the most acutely? 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

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.

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