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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Twenty.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is voted in as governor of the colony?
(a) Thomas Dudley
(b) Jack Winthrop
(c) Robert Seaford
(d) Robert Feake

2. What has Bess' cousin, Harry, sent from Barbados?
(a) Inferior tobacco
(b) Coconut milk
(c) Rum
(d) Beaded jewelry

3. How many people plan to sail to New England on the first voyage of the Massachusetts Bay Company?
(a) 700
(b) 100
(c) 350
(d) 50

4. Why does Harry return from Barbados?
(a) He is in trouble for killing a man.
(b) He has lost his plantation.
(c) He is homesick.
(d) He is tired of the tobacco business.

5. What does Fitch, the Fones' servant, tell Edward Howes about the Fones household?
(a) That he needs more help in maintaining the house
(b) That there is not enough money
(c) That he plans to retire soon
(d) That it is being run by the devil

Short Answer Questions

1. Bess gives birth to a girl and names her _____________________________.

2. What does Bess do to lift the spirits of the Groton villagers?

3. What does this customer tell Bess is awaiting her on the other side of the wall?

4. What does Will tell Thomas Lyon?

5. What really concerns Edward Howes about what is going on in the Fones household?

(see the answer key)

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