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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do John Billington and Thomas Morton do to excess at Billington's house in Part IV?
(a) Drink.
(b) Eat.
(c) Sing.
(d) Gamble.

2. Where is the Speedwell forced to dock in an unscheduled stop?
(a) Eglington.
(b) Southampton.
(c) Wiltfordshire.
(d) Chicory.

3. What kind of flowers had Dorothy wanted for her wedding bouquet?
(a) Lilies.
(b) Daisies.
(c) Hyacinths.
(d) Roses.

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

5. Who pays for dinner to be served for Alice's group at the boardinghouse on the first night?
(a) William Bradford.
(b) Henry Jamison.
(c) John Billington.
(d) John Carver.

Short Answer Questions

1. What punishment does Eleanor Billington both fear and expect for her husband John?

2. Why does John Billington insist on going back for Newcomen's body?

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

4. What does John Billington tell the person he speaks with privately at the very beginning of Part III?

5. What is William Bradford's job in Holland?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What promise does Alice Bradford make to Dorothy in Part III?

4. How are the would-be settlers treated at the port in England when they are stuck there while waiting for the ship's repairs?

5. Who arrives on the ship with the newcomers and how does John Billington feel about this person?

6. How does Eleanor react when Billington tells her about his crime?

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

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

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

10. What considerations do the leaders of the colony weigh in figuring out how to handle the murder?

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