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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the men need before they can plan their journey to the new world?
(a) Provisions that will last for months
(b) A good ship
(c) Financial backing
(d) A crate of Bibles

2. What does Bess do to lift the spirits of the Groton villagers?
(a) Throws a formal ball for the villagers
(b) Gives the servants two days off from work
(c) Organizes a May Day celebration
(d) Lowers the tenants' rent

3. Who is the eldest of the Fones children?
(a) Elizabeth
(b) Harry
(c) Martha
(d) Jack

4. What really concerns Edward Howes about what is going on in the Fones household?
(a) That Robert Seaton may be a Catholic
(b) That Martha is not being tutored
(c) That Mr. Fones is near death
(d) That Bess has fallen in love with Robert Seaton

5. Who accompanies Harry and Bess to Groton?
(a) Robert Seaton
(b) Peyto
(c) Martha Fones
(d) Sara Winthrop

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way does Bess' pregnancy restrict her?

2. What news does Bess deliver to her father that makes him hit her with a stick?

3. What action by the king infuriates Emmannuel Downing, John Winthrop and others?

4. Why does John Winthrop banish Daniel Patrick and his family from the colony?

5. Why does Toby Feake stop in Plymouth on the trip taking Bess and her family to New Amsterdam?

(see the answer key)

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