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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. Why does Weston say he will not have Billington killed after all in Part IV?
2. What gesture of Eleanor Billington's does John Billington love?
3. What does Elizabeth tell Alice may have been a factor in Dorothy's dour mood right before Dorothy died?
4. Who does John Billington ask to speak with privately at the very start of Part III?
5. What does Alice hear people at the boarding house calling their group in Part III that offends her?
Short Essay Questions
1. What opinion does William eventually form of the ship's captain?
2. What kind of story is Thomas Morton writing in Part IV?
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 John Billington shoot Newcomen?
5. How does Eleanor react when Billington tells her about his crime?
6. What problem does William Bradford have with the flowers Dorothy wants for her wedding bouquet?
7. What problems start on the journey to the new world almost immediately?
8. What crosses Alice's path on her way to the dock in Part III that she takes as an ill omen?
9. What considerations do the leaders of the colony weigh in figuring out how to handle the murder?
10. What fear does Alice develop about her husband for the first time while they are waiting for the ship's repairs?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How do the various mothers in this novel - Dorothy, Eleanor, and many others - deal with the loss of their infants or children, and the grief that follows? 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 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.
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