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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 does it mean when Toby upsets the grave site of Telaka's mother?

2. What has instilled fear in the residents of the New Amsterdam area?

3. What happens to all of Bess' assets?

4. What does Will do before leaving Watertown?

5. What has happened to Robert Feake?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Will discover when he visits Watertown one day?

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

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

6. What spiritual experience does Bess have in Chapter 24?

7. Why do Bess and Will go to New Amsterdam together?

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

9. Why are Bess and her family saved during an Indian attack on their home?

10. How does Bess meet up again with Will Hallet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Anne Hutchinson. What is her role in the colony? Do you think she was tried primarily for heresy or because she was a strong, intelligent woman? Explain. What would have been Anne's eventual fate if she had not been killed in the Indian attack at her home?

Essay Topic 2

Why does John Winthrop consent to the marriage between Harry and Bess? Does he think they are two-of-a-kind and deserve each other? Or is he forced into approving the marriage because Bess is pregnant? What other options would have been available to Bess at the time? Given what you know about Harry's lifestyle, what choice do you think Bess would have made if she had the options available to young women today?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the irony of Bess' boredom being married to a lively character like Harry Winthrop. How has the original excitement about Harry diminished? Does Harry even know how to be a good husband based on the father whose example he has had? Could the marriage between Bess and Harry be saved? What would it take to fix it?

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