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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 does John Billington ask to speak with privately at the very start of Part III?

2. What alcohol do the newcomers and the colonists mostly drink?

3. What kind of flowers had Dorothy wanted for her wedding bouquet?

4. What does Alice consider is always a threat from nature in Part IV?

5. What does John, Alice's stepson, say he wished he had not asked his mother for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is William Bradford angry with Thomas Weston about in Part IV?

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

3. What fear does Alice develop about her husband for the first time while they are waiting for the ship's repairs?

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

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

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

8. What crosses Alice's path on her way to the dock in Part III that she takes as an ill omen?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the end of the novel, and in much older age, how do both Eleanor Billington and Alice Bradford seem to view both the future and the past of Plymouth? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How does Nesbit foreshadow the truth of what really happened to Dorothy on the Mayflower throughout the book, and what was your reaction when she finally reveals the truth of Dorothy's death? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Before striking out for the new world, why are people like Alice, Dorothy, and William Bradford in Holland? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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