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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. The term “propitious” carries which of the following meanings?
(a) Engaged.
(b) Apathetic.
(c) Favorable.
(d) Unfavorable.

2. Which of the following food-sources is noted as “more noble” among the Husatonick (138)?
(a) Buck.
(b) Trout.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Pumpkin.

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

4. The comment that “There she met Hope Leslie—a bright gay spirit—an allegro to her penseroso” (192) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Simile.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Allegory.

5. How many attempts at escape does Everell make as he is taken away from Bethel towards the Husatonick?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 0.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first to come upon Hope Leslie after she flees Esther and Everell on Digby’s island (271)?

2. How many years pass between Magawisca’s maiming and Hope Leslie’s reported letter to Everell in England?

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

4. 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?

5. With what figure is Nelema tattooed on her shoulder (156)?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explicate the comment from Magawisca that her people “never turned their backs on friends or enemies” (241).

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

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

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

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

6. What does Gardiner posit as justification for Madam Winthrop inveighing against laughter (265)?

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

8. What reasons does Gardiner write for rejecting Esther Downing as a potential love interest?

9. What physical signs indicate Esther Downing’s upset after she and Hope Leslie return to the Winthrop residence after the reunion with Everell (186)?

10. What reasons does Everell give on Digby’s island for thinking that Hope Leslie is enamored of Gardiner?

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