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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does John Winthrop react to the news that Jack wants to marry Martha Fones?
(a) He is painfully upset.
(b) He is thrilled by the news.
(c) He is glad that another son will marry a Fones daughter.
(d) He thinks Jack is too young to get married.

2. What is the overriding religious influence in the group deciding to go to the new world?
(a) Roman Catholic
(b) Puritan
(c) Jewish
(d) Episcopalian

3. Why do Bess and Harry require a special marriage license?
(a) Because they are Episcopalians
(b) Because they are papists
(c) Because they are underage
(d) Because they are cousins

4. Who does not seem interested in marrying Bess?
(a) Jack
(b) Harry
(c) Edward
(d) William

5. What news does Bess deliver to her father that makes him hit her with a stick?
(a) That she wants to move to Barbados
(b) That she is pregnant with Edward's child
(c) That she has never loved her father
(d) That she and Harry wish to be married

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why do the men want John Winthrop with them when they go to America?

3. What is the personality of Anne Fones' mother?

4. Why does the Fones family not celebrate Christmas?

5. Why do Jack and Bess need a special license to get married?

(see the answer key)

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