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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 Jack Winthrop's new wife?
(a) Elizabeth Reade
(b) Anne Hutchinson
(c) Elizabeth Congreve
(d) Sara Feakes

2. What does Bess do after the birth of her son two days before Christmas?
(a) She begins to sew baby clothes.
(b) She makes arrangements for the child's christening.
(c) She sends out birth announcements.
(d) She holds a celebration with pine boughs, candles, and dancing.

3. Why is Bess going to travel to Ipswich?
(a) To take care of Martha who is pregnant
(b) To shop at a different village
(c) To take Bibles to the village
(d) To speak to the church elders

4. Why do the men want John Winthrop with them when they go to America?
(a) Because Winthrop has legal knowledge.
(b) Because Winthrop has lots of money.
(c) Because Winthrop is a good merchant.
(d) Because Winthrop is a religious leader.

5. Who does Bess learn will be arriving soon at Groton?
(a) Priscilla, Sam, and Martha Fones
(b) Sara Winthrop
(c) Emily Fones
(d) Jack Winthrop

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Bess see one day during a celebration?

2. What does Robert do to Bess?

3. What happens with the arrival of Captain Underhill?

4. What is the name of John Cotton's sermon?

5. What does Thomas Fones, while on his deathbed, ask of John Winthrop?

(see the answer key)

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