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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume II, Chapters 1 through 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many times does Digby attempt to refuse to accompany Grafton from Bethel to meet her baggage in Springfield?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

2. To which Biblical patriarch is Martha Fletcher compared as she accompanies William to the area of Springfield (61)?
(a) Ishmael.
(b) Jacob.
(c) Isaac.
(d) Abraham.

3. How valuable an estate is Winthrop noted to have (197)?
(a) 700 pounds total.
(b) 700 pounds annually.
(c) 700 pounds monthly.
(d) 700 pounds weekly.

4. Which of the following does Karcher exempt from her discussion of family lost in massacre (21)?
(a) William Fletcher.
(b) Mononotto.
(c) Nelema.
(d) John Winthrop.

5. Hope Leslie’s musing that “I fancy their inquiries will turn out like the experiment of the inquisitive boy, who cut open the drum to find the sound” (151) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Simile.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Metaphor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the novel note was the indigenous name of what became the Boston area (181)?

2. Which of the following questions does Gardiner address in his letter to Wilton (251)?

3. Which of the following does Karcher note that Lucy Aikin critiques in the novel (36)?

4. Which of the following refers to Sedgwick’s native social group?

5. Hope Leslie’s comment that “‘It is a night,’ she continued, looking up at the bright moon, ‘to make one long to soar—so I will just spread my wings, and leave you to crawl on the earth’” (222) offers an example of which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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