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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 Eleanor Billington do in a last-ditch effort to save John Billington's life?

2. What does Elizabeth tell Alice may have been a factor in Dorothy's dour mood right before Dorothy died?

3. Why does Weston say he will not have Billington killed after all in Part IV?

4. Who are Alice's two children she wants to bring on the journey to the colony with her, despite saying she would leave them behind?

5. How does the Speedwell's master eventually tell the settlers they will have to travel to the colony?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What problem does William Bradford have with the flowers Dorothy wants for her wedding bouquet?

5. What major issue causes a rift between Dorothy and Alice in Part III?

6. What problems start on the journey to the new world almost immediately?

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

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

9. What does Dorothy ask her mother in the secret letter she sends from Southampton?

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

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 are some of the major reasons for Alice Bradford's guilt over the fate of her friend Dorothy, and how does Alice manage and deal with this guilt throughout her life? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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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