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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 happens when Will Hallet arrives to see Bess?
(a) They realize they are in love.
(b) Will tells Bess he is engaged to a Boston girl.
(c) Bess does not tell him she is pregnant with Robert's child.
(d) Bess tells him to go away.

2. Why would John Winthrop be inclined to go to the new world, America?
(a) Because he wants to cross the ocean in his lifetime.
(b) Because he wants to take religion to the heathens.
(c) Because his job has been dissolved by the king.
(d) Because he has an adventurous spirit.

3. Why does Toby build a room onto Bess' home?
(a) Bess's husband, Robert, has gone mad and must be locked away.
(b) Bess plans to start a school in her home.
(c) Bess needs more sleeping space for her family.
(d) Bess wants a room where she can mix medicines.

4. 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 speak to the church elders
(d) To take Bibles to the village

5. On what occasion does Bess use her healing skills to save the life of Margaret Winthrop?
(a) Margaret contracts tuberculosis.
(b) Margaret falls ill after the birth of her seventh child.
(c) Margaret gets a huge gash in her hand while chopping wood.
(d) Margaret eats raw shellfish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Jack and Bess need a special license to get married?

2. Bess' daughter, Joan, marries Thomas Lyon at what age?

3. Where does Harry decide to stay for awhile?

4. What does Robert do to Bess?

5. Why is John Winthrop's wife, Margaret, ailing at Groton?

(see the answer key)

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