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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does Bess deliver to her father that makes him hit her with a stick?
(a) That she is pregnant with Edward's child
(b) That she wants to move to Barbados
(c) That she has never loved her father
(d) That she and Harry wish to be married

2. What is the name of John Cotton's sermon?
(a) Doctrine of the Spirit
(b) Doctrine of Forgiveness
(c) Doctrine of Grace
(d) Doctrine of Obedience

3. Why does the Fones family not celebrate Christmas?
(a) Because they are Jewish.
(b) Because they are dissenters from the Episcopalian faith.
(c) Because they are Muslims.
(d) Because they celebrate Kwaanza instead.

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

5. Who is crowned the Queen of May Day?
(a) Bess
(b) Martha (Mattie)
(c) Sara
(d) Margaret

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

7. Why do Bess and Harry require a special marriage license?
(a) Because they are underage
(b) Because they are cousins
(c) Because they are Episcopalians
(d) Because they are papists

8. In what way does Bess' pregnancy restrict her?
(a) She cannot wear her new dresses.
(b) She cannot play croquet.
(c) She cannot ride horses.
(d) She must remain at Groton.

9. To what does Harry admit at dinner?
(a) That the latest tobacco he sent from Barbados was bad.
(b) That he has lost all his money.
(c) That he actually did kill a man in Barbados.
(d) That he is in love with Bess.

10. What does this customer tell Bess is awaiting her on the other side of the wall?
(a) A tobacco vendor
(b) A horse
(c) A new carriage
(d) A valentine

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

12. Who does not seem interested in marrying Bess?
(a) William
(b) Edward
(c) Harry
(d) Jack

13. Why does King Charles celebrate Christmas?
(a) Because he thinks people need a holiday.
(b) Because his wife is a papist.
(c) Because he enjoys the food.
(d) Because he celebrated as a child.

14. What do the Indians want from Bess in exchange for beaver hides?
(a) Jewelry
(b) Guns
(c) Medicine
(d) Food

15. What does Bess mix in the apothecary shop for a countess?
(a) A mithridate (cure-all)
(b) A migraine potion
(c) An antacid
(d) A poison ivy cream

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bess realize shortly after her marriage to Harry?

2. Why does the Fones family live in London?

3. Who does Harry bring with him to dinner?

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

5. What is the name of the ship that Harry's friend, Willaim Pelham, sails on to New England?

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