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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Twenty-Three.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jack give to Bess to use as a signal that she needs help?
(a) a feather
(b) a scarf
(c) a pearl necklace
(d) a doeskin glove

2. What personal information does Bess give to Jack?
(a) Bess cannot stand her mother-in-law.
(b) Bess does not love Harry.
(c) Bess is pregnant.
(d) Bess misses her mother.

3. Why is Bess drawn to her new friend, Mirabelle?
(a) She is very smart.
(b) She is free-spirited.
(c) She is religious.
(d) She is very funny.

4. What happens when John Winthrop's iron-fisted style of leadership creates huge opposition in the colony?
(a) Winthrop decides to go back to England.
(b) Winthrop gets even more determined to rule his own way.
(c) Winthrop is ousted from office.
(d) Winthrop must speak with the church elders on a regular basis.

5. Why are the Indians in the New Netherlands on the warpath?
(a) The Indians are tired of the Europeans moving in on their lands.
(b) The Indian chiefs have received messages from their ancestors that it is time to wage war.
(c) The Dutch governor, Kieft, massacred Indians who had come to him for help.
(d) The Europeans do not make fair trades with the Indians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What role does Will Hallet assume in the community of Greenwich?

2. To where do Thomas and Joan move?

3. What do Will and Bess realize after they meet?

4. What does Will discover when he visits Watertown?

5. Who is Bess' stepmother?

(see the answer key)

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