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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alice step upon on her way to the Mayflower to see Dorothy off?
(a) A cat's tail.
(b) A snake.
(c) A toad.
(d) A cockroach.

2. What gesture of Eleanor Billington's does John Billington love?
(a) How she scratches her nose with her middle finger.
(b) How she scrunches her eyebrows when she is mad.
(c) How she blows the stray curl out of her face.
(d) How she ties her apron twice.

3. What does Alice hear people at the boarding house calling their group in Part III that offends her?
(a) Heathens.
(b) Zealots.
(c) Puritans.
(d) Jews.

4. What does Eleanor Billington tell the crowd right after Newcomen's murder?
(a) Myles Standish committed the murder.
(b) It is not the first murder in the colony.
(c) Newcomen was murdered by Indians.
(d) Newcomen had actually shot himself accidentally.

5. What does Alice consider is always a threat from nature in Part IV?
(a) The wolf packs.
(b) The extreme heat.
(c) The poisonous plants.
(d) The poisoned streams.

6. Why does William Bradford object to Dorothy's choice of flowers for her wedding?
(a) They are not modest in price.
(b) They are too bright in color.
(c) They are flowers associated with funerals.
(d) They are flowers associated with births.

7. What does Susanna White commission to bring to the colony that the others view as extravagant?
(a) A wicker bassinet.
(b) A picture frame.
(c) A hope chest.
(d) A wardrobe.

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

9. What does Billington call Weston in front of the other colonists that makes Weston very angry?
(a) The devil himself.
(b) A Jew.
(c) A man of God.
(d) A lying rascal and a rogue.

10. Where does Alice leave Joseph sleeping when she goes to wash dishes in Part IV?
(a) In the care of Eleanor Billington.
(b) In the cellars beneath the meeting house, alone.
(c) In the care of Susanna.
(d) In his moses basket next to William.

11. What does Eleanor Billington say to John Billington when they hear the rest of the colonists arriving to where Newcomen's body lies?
(a) Here come the savages.
(b) Run as fast as you can!
(c) Brace yourself.
(d) Beg for mercy.

12. What do Alice Bradford and the others give to the newcomers at the first dinner in Part IV?
(a) Special wine from the cellars.
(b) Sweets with a lot of sugar.
(c) Candlesticks to take him.
(d) More food than they give themselves.

13. Why is William Bradford so angry at Thomas Weston in Part IV?
(a) For bringing too many new colonists.
(b) For being so late arriving.
(c) For letting Thomas Morton back into the colony.
(d) For bringing a priest on the ship.

14. What work does Thomas Morton tell John Billington he is currently writing in Part IV?
(a) Devil at Plymouth.
(b) The New English Canaan.
(c) The Colonists' Downfall.
(d) The True Story of Plymouth.

15. Why does Weston say he will not have Billington killed after all in Part IV?
(a) His soul will definitely to go hell.
(b) He is not worth the court processing that will follow from his killing.
(c) He is not worth the gunpowder it will take.
(d) His wife will be too distraught.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dorothy feel about moving to the colonies?

2. What makes Alice doubt that the reasons for tragedies are God's intentions?

3. What does John, Alice's stepson, say he was told about his mother's death?

4. How many jurors does William Bradford choose for John Billington's trial?

5. What does Dorothy's secret letter to her mother say?

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