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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume II, Chapters 9 through 15, and Back Matter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what month do the Fletchers accompany Holioke to Northampton?
(a) August.
(b) October.
(c) September.
(d) November.

2. What excuse does Hope Leslie give for borrowing the lamp from the jailer?
(a) Finding a demon.
(b) Finding his face.
(c) Finding her glove.
(d) Finding her ring.

3. How many men does Pynchon assign to follow Digby in pursuit of the attackers of Bethel (118)?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

4. How many, including Mononotto, attack Bethel?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

5. The term “garrulity” carries which of the following meanings?
(a) Talking too little.
(b) Talking just enough.
(c) Talking not at all.
(d) Talking too much.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the vendor who calls upon the Winthrop household before Hope Leslie goes out at night (236)?

2. What does the novel report as the reason Esther Downing’s father refuses to come to New England (260)?

3. Which of the following does Karcher note typifies Sedgwick’s notion of marriage between indigenous and settler populations (23)?

4. How long does it take William Fletcher to get to Boston from the area of Springfield to retrieve Hope and Faith Leslie?

5. What does Gardiner describe as “the ruling passion of her sex,” of women (254)?

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