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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. 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)?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) Pink.
(d) Green

2. With which of the following devices is Jennet summoned in the Winthrop household (233)?
(a) Gilded chimes.
(b) Steel triangle.
(c) Brass bell.
(d) Silver whistle.

3. Which of the following is named as a servant in the Wintrhop household (230)?
(a) Robin.
(b) Martine.
(c) Tanager.
(d) Starling.

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

5. How high does the novel note the tallest of Boston’s hills stands?
(a) 50 feet.
(b) 138 feet.
(c) 80 feet.
(d) 142 feet.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Magawisca’s comment that “I cannot send back the bird that has mated to its parent nest” (241) offers an example of which of the following?

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?

5. The word “rill” carries which of the following meanings?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What reasons does the narrator give for the Fletchers’ retention of Jennet despite her disagreeable qualities (194)?

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

5. Why, per the novel, is the Winthrop household put into disarray by Hope Leslie’s absence at the beginning of Volume II?

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

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

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

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

10. What reasons does Gardiner give for Everell to mistrust his initial identification of Hope Leslie?

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