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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. Hope Leslie’s comment that “if you do not fairly conduct me through its mazes, I shall make use of the clue you have dropped, and find my own way through the labyrinth” (185) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Simile.

2. How old is Esther Downing when she meets Everell?
(a) 16.
(b) 17.
(c) 18.
(d) 19.

3. Which of the following is Magawisca doing when Hope Leslie first meets her in the graveyard?
(a) Standing.
(b) Kneeling.
(c) Hanging.
(d) Pacing.

4. What does the novel note was the indigenous name of what became the Boston area (181)?
(a) Snipatuit.
(b) Shawmut.
(c) Siasconset.
(d) Scituate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On which of the following streets does the house of government sit in Boston in the novel?

2. How long does Hope Leslie lay in a comatose fever after her escape from Oneco and restoration to Boston?

3. In what color bodice does Hope dress for dinner with the Winthrops, Everell, and Gardiner upon the evening of the arrival of the latter two (194)?

4. With whom is Everett staying in England (161)?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What trees grow on the hill to which Mononotto takes Everell to be sacrificed?

2. What reasons does Gardiner write for preferring Hope Leslie as a potential love interest?

3. What reasons does William Fletcher give for sending Hope Leslie to Boston at the Winthrops’ request?

4. What justification does the narrator give for the description of “a pilgrim mansion” (197) in the terms used in the novel?

5. What reasons does Digby’s wife give against Hope Leslie going out for a nighttime walk on the island?

6. Why are Winthrop’s indigenous guests offended at the dinner when Everell and Gardiner arrive in Boston?

7. What activities does the narrator remark typify a Puritan Saturday evening (212)?

8. What reasons does Gardiner note for betraying Magawisca as Hope Leslie meets with her and her own sister?

9. What are the “Indian riches” in the hut where Magawisca and Faith Leslie are confined after the retreat from Bethel (140)?

10. How is Pynchon reported to have deduced Hope Leslie’s involvement in Nelema’s escape?

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