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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, Alice's stepson, say he wished he had not asked his mother for?
2. What does John Billington tell the person he speaks with privately at the very beginning of Part III?
3. What punishment does Eleanor Billington both fear and expect for her husband John?
4. Who does John Billington ask to speak with privately at the very start of Part III?
5. What is William Bradford's job in Holland?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Standish ask Billington when Billington shows him the beaver pelts he means to use to buy his last piece of land?
2. What problems start on the journey to the new world almost immediately?
3. What does Alice Bradford feel it is important to tell Dorothy's and William's son when she first meets him in Part IV?
4. What promise does Alice Bradford make to Dorothy in Part III?
5. How does Alice get back to Holland as a widow with no money?
6. How are the would-be settlers treated at the port in England when they are stuck there while waiting for the ship's repairs?
7. What happens to a nameless young girl in Part III?
8. What does Plymouth do with some of its dead in the worst of its first winter?
9. What opinion does William eventually form of the ship's captain?
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
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 2
What led to the beginning of the shift in the tone and nature of Alice's and Dorothy's friendship? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
What is John Billington's history with the other settlers at Plymouth, and what are the roots of his deep frustration, anger, and discontent? Write a journal entry explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
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