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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which of the following does Hope Leslie gift Antonio?
(a) A bracelet.
(b) A fing.
(c) A necklace.
(d) A fan.

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

3. Where in England does Everell’s uncle Stretton live?
(a) York.
(b) Norfolk.
(c) Sussex.
(d) Suffolk.

4. Which of the following ships does Craddock note brought supplies to Boston at a time of deprivation rehearsed at the dinner during which Winthrop welcomes Everell and Gardiner to Boston?
(a) Blessing of the Bay.
(b) Lion.
(c) Mayflower.
(d) Arabella.

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) Allegory.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metaphor.

6. For which of the following does Antonio mistake Hope Leslie as she makes her escape from Oneco and others (298)?
(a) Saint Pelagia.
(b) Saint Petronilla.
(c) Saint Pulcheria.
(d) Saint Poma.

7. 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?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Simile.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Metaphor.

8. How, per the novel, is Esther Downing related to Governor Winthrop (187)?
(a) Daughter of his sister.
(b) Daughter of his brother.
(c) Daughter of his sister’s husband.
(d) Daughter of his wife’s sister.

9. Which of the following people returns Hope Leslie to the Winthrop household at the beginning of Volume II (227)?
(a) Gardiner.
(b) Cradock.
(c) Everell.
(d) Jennet.

10. How many addenda accompany Grafton’s letter to Everell (169)?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

11. Which of the following does Esther Downing say to Hope Leslie “ought to make you independent of the opinion of any of your friends” (234)?
(a) “The acquittal of your conscience.”
(b) “The confession of your sins.”
(c) “The assertion of your rights.”
(d) “The submission to your betters.”

12. How long does Magawisca note will lapse between her graveyard meeting with Hope Leslie and a meeting between Hope and Faith Leslie (243)?
(a) 7 days.
(b) 6 days.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 5 days.

13. At approximately what time do Puritan Sabbath services end in the novel?
(a) 10 o’clock.
(b) 11 o’clock.
(c) 9 o’clock.
(d) Noon.

14. On which of the following streets does the house of government sit in Boston in the novel?
(a) Kings-street.
(b) London-street.
(c) Lincoln-street.
(d) Washington-street.

15. Which of the following questions does Gardiner address in his letter to Wilton (251)?
(a) What is the velocity of an unladen swallow?
(b) Should I stay or should I go?
(c) When will he return to England?
(d) Why go to New England?

Short Answer Questions

1. How high does the novel note the tallest of Boston’s hills stands?

2. Which of the following does Grafton note having given to her late husband as an early sign of her favor (275)?

3. The comment that “the wing is strengthened by use, and the bird that drops in its first flutterings about the parent nest, may yet soar into the sky” (268) offers an example of which of the following?

4. What does the novel note was the first English name of Boston (181)?

5. For which of the following does Antonio mistake Hope Leslie as she makes her escape from Oneco and others (298)?

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