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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 “sumptuary” has which of the following meanings?
(a) Having to do with pumping.
(b) Having to do with cotton.
(c) Having to do with clothing.
(d) Having to do with food.

2. What does Gardiner describe as “the ruling passion of her sex,” of women (254)?
(a) Gluttony.
(b) Vanity.
(c) Wrath.
(d) Lust.

3. 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) Mayflower.
(b) Blessing of the Bay.
(c) Lion.
(d) Arabella.

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

5. Who is the first to come upon Hope Leslie after she flees Esther and Everell on Digby’s island (271)?
(a) Esther.
(b) Digby.
(c) Gardiner.
(d) Everell.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where in England does Everell’s uncle Stretton live?

3. How long had Everell been abroad when Hope Leslie writes the reported letter to him in England?

4. 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)?

5. When, per the novel, does Sabbath observance begin among the Puritans?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What sounds reach Hope Leslie atop the mountain at Northampton (153)?

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

5. What is Hope Leslie’s reaction to her own placing Esther Downing’s hand into Everell’s and commending them to one another on Digby’s island (270-71)?

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

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

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

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

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

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