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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has Bess been encouraged to marry?
(a) Harry Howes
(b) Edward Howes
(c) Edward Winthrop
(d) Jack Winthrop

2. Bess gives birth to a girl and names her _____________________________.
(a) Martha Jacqueline (Jacquie)
(b) Madeline Justine (Maddie)
(c) Martha Johanna (Joan)
(d) Marie Joanne (Joann)

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. Where does the family insist that Harry go instead of returning to Barbados?
(a) To Australia
(b) To New England
(c) To France
(d) To the Bahamas

5. What will happen to the Winthrop family now that Groton Manor has been sold?
(a) They will all sail for France.
(b) They will all set up household in London.
(c) They will all sail to New England.
(d) They will all sail to Barbados.

Short Answer Questions

1. The local miller named Pond receives a letter from his son in New England who wants to return home because ____________________________________.

2. Who is Bess' stepmother?

3. What is the overriding religious influence in the group deciding to go to the new world?

4. What does Bess prefer to household chores?

5. How many people plan to sail to New England on the first voyage of the Massachusetts Bay Company?

(see the answer key)

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