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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 happens to Dorothy's first-born child?

2. What were Alice's two strong feelings for Dorothy when the two were friends?

3. What does Eleanor Billington say to John Billington when they hear the rest of the colonists arriving to where Newcomen's body lies?

4. How does Dorothy feel about moving to the colonies?

5. What letters does William Bradford write to his investors in London from the boarding house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Billington say when he confronts Thomas Weston in Part IV?

3. What kind of story is Thomas Morton writing in Part IV?

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

5. What is Eleanor Billington worried about her husband John and Thomas Morton doing in Part IV?

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

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

8. What opinion does William eventually form of the ship's captain?

9. What does Standish ask Billington when Billington shows him the beaver pelts he means to use to buy his last piece of land?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the settlers in general, besides the Billingtons, view Myles Standish and his actions at Plymouth? What does Standish's approach and behavior symbolize about the entire colony? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What kind of options and/or control do Alice and Dorothy feel that they have - or lack - in their life choices and paths? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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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