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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Toby Feake stop in Plymouth on the trip taking Bess and her family to New Amsterdam?
(a) So that Bess can buy coats to trade with the Indians
(b) To buy some tobacco
(c) To buy some rum
(d) To attend church services

2. What wedding gift does Harry buy for Bess?
(a) A new horse
(b) A cheap brooch
(c) A new home
(d) A new trousseau

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

4. To what position is John Winthrop elected?
(a) Governor of the Plymouth Bay Company
(b) Governor of the Puritan Society
(c) Governor of Pymouth Plantation
(d) Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Company

5. How many people in John Winthrop's company have died since their arrival in New England?
(a) Nearly one half
(b) Nearly all of them
(c) Nearly three fourths
(d) Nearly one third

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Will and Bess help Jack in exchange for his writing to the governor on their behalf?

2. What does Bess do as her only resort for help in her situation?

3. What really concerns Edward Howes about what is going on in the Fones household?

4. Why is the Winthrop family in mourning?

5. What does Jack tell Bess about Robert Feakes?

(see the answer key)

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