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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 and Harry wish to be married
(d) That she has never loved her father

2. What does Thomas Fones, while on his deathbed, ask of John Winthrop?
(a) That he forgive Bess and Harry
(b) That he let Bess and Harry return to Barbados
(c) That he include Bess and Harry in his will
(d) That he give Bess and Harry some money

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

4. In what way does Bess' pregnancy restrict her?
(a) She must remain at Groton.
(b) She cannot ride horses.
(c) She cannot play croquet.
(d) She cannot wear her new dresses.

5. What action by the king infuriates Emmannuel Downing, John Winthrop and others?
(a) The king has changed the marriage laws.
(b) The king has issued higher taxes on rum.
(c) The king has granted territory in America to other men.
(d) The king has claimed the Roman Catholic Church as the only church in England.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With whom is Bess in love?

3. How has Bess' behavior changed since Harry and Robert have moved into the Fones house?

4. Why do Bess and Harry require a special marriage license?

5. Who is Bess' surprise visitor?

(see the answer key)

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