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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. What is William Bradford's job in Holland?

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

3. What does Susanna White commission to bring to the colony that the others view as extravagant?

4. What does John Billington tell Eleanor he is taking his gun to shoot in Part IV?

5. Who does Eleanor Billington say was the first murdered in the colony?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Standish ask Billington when Billington shows him the beaver pelts he means to use to buy his last piece of land?

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

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

4. What major issue causes a rift between Dorothy and Alice in Part III?

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

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 opinion does William eventually form of the ship's captain?

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

10. What problems start on the journey to the new world almost immediately?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What characteristics, failings, and traits does Thomas Weston embody, and what do you think Nesbit uses his character to communicate to the reader about the workings of British society and the Plymouth colony? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the major reasons for Alice Bradford's guilt over the fate of her friend Dorothy, and how does Alice manage and deal with this guilt throughout her life? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What kinds of challenges and problems do the would-be settlers encounter nearly from the minute they set foot on the ship the Gifte? What do these hardships seem to predict for their futures? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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