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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 157 - 208).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had Standish kept in mind when planning Plymouth?
(a) How many wolves lived in the area.
(b) What the fishing in the bay would be like.
(c) Its soil.
(d) How it could be defended.

2. What does Thomas Weston tell John Billington his letter did among the investors?
(a) Made them realize how unfairly he had been treated.
(b) Made them realize Billington should be a priest.
(c) Made them realize Billington should be cast out of the colony and move to Boston instead.
(d) Caused a stir.

3. What does Standish saw Francis Billington lied about?
(a) Discovering a new lake.
(b) Seeing a wolf.
(c) Making friends with the Indians.
(d) Finding a redwood.

4. How many jurors does William Bradford choose for John Billington's trial?
(a) 12.
(b) 13.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

5. What is the word Eleanor and John Billington use most often, privately, to refer to the leaders at Plymouth?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Heathens.
(c) Hypocrites.
(d) Bretheren.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who rapes a nameless indentured servant in Part III?

2. 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?

3. What is one reason some Plymouth colonists resent the Billingtons?

4. What does John Newcomen ask Myles Standish for after his first meeting with John Billington?

5. What does Alice tell her stepson John in the beginning of Part IV?

(see the answer key)

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