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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 has happened to Robert Feake?
(a) He has almost completely recovered from his madness.
(b) He takes his share of the family money and leaves.
(c) He is confined to his room and must be cared for like a child.
(d) He has been institutionalized for insanity.

2. Under whose jurisdiction does the Feakes-Patrick land fall after the meeting?
(a) The Germans
(b) The Papists
(c) The Puritans
(d) The Dutch

3. What role does Will Hallet assume in the community of Greenwich?
(a) He becomes the town's mayor.
(b) He trains a small band of soldiers.
(c) He becomes a church elder.
(d) He becomes headmaster at Bess' school.

4. What does Telaka tell Bess when they meet in the woods?
(a) That Bess will die in the next few months
(b) That Bess will be tried for being a witch
(c) That Will will die by next winter
(d) That Telaka wants to return to her people

5. Who will be moving to Greenwich, much to Bess' delight?
(a) Will Hallet
(b) Robert Seaford
(c) Anne Hutchinson
(d) Jack Winthrop

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Robert Feake's condition?

2. Who is the only other person who sees the love between Bess and Will?

3. What complications does Bess experience with the birth of her child?

4. Who has been writing to John Winthrop in an attempt to get what might be due to Joan from her late father's holdings in Barbados as well as to contest the paper signed by Robert Feake granting his property to Bess and Will?

5. To where do Thomas and Joan move?

Short Essay Questions

1. In addition to England, what other countries are claiming territory in the New World?

2. How does Bess disrupt Thomas' attempt to take her land away from her in the name of Robert Feake?

3. What occurs in Chapter 18 to mark the turning point of Bess' personal life?

4. What does Bess do when she and Will are accused of adultery and are about to be parted forever?

5. What happens when Will and Bess return to New Amsterdam in Chapter 23?

6. How does Telaka prove her loyalty to Bess in Chapter 16?

7. What surprising statement does the harsh John Winthrop make just prior to his death?

8. What would make the villagers accuse Bess of being a witch?

9. What does the letter from George Baxter represent to Bess?

10. How does the claims by other countries affect Bess personally?

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