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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. Who rapes a nameless indentured servant in Part III?
2. Where does Alice leave Joseph sleeping when she goes to wash dishes in Part IV?
3. Why does Eleanor Billington hope the colony leaders will pardon John Billington for the murder?
4. What work does Thomas Morton tell John Billington he is currently writing in Part IV?
5. What do Alice Bradford and the others give to the newcomers at the first dinner in Part IV?
Short Essay Questions
1. What major issue causes a rift between Dorothy and Alice in Part III?
2. What do Alice and Elizabeth hear in Part IV at the brook that sends them running back to the meeting house?
3. What does Standish ask Billington when Billington shows him the beaver pelts he means to use to buy his last piece of land?
4. What kind of story is Thomas Morton writing in Part IV?
5. How are the would-be settlers treated at the port in England when they are stuck there while waiting for the ship's repairs?
6. What problems start on the journey to the new world almost immediately?
7. Who arrives on the ship with the newcomers and how does John Billington feel about this person?
8. What fear does Alice develop about her husband for the first time while they are waiting for the ship's repairs?
9. What does Plymouth do with some of its dead in the worst of its first winter?
10. What problem does William Bradford have with the flowers Dorothy wants for her wedding bouquet?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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.
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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