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

3. What does Thomas Fones, while on his deathbed, ask of John Winthrop?
(a) That he forgive Bess and Harry
(b) That he give Bess and Harry some money
(c) That he let Bess and Harry return to Barbados
(d) That he include Bess and Harry in his will

4. What possession of Bess' does John Winthrop still have in his possession which Bess wants returned?
(a) Her mother's china
(b) Her wedding brooch
(c) Her father's mortar and pestle
(d) Her dowry

5. What is the name of the ship on which John Winthrop sails to New England?
(a) Arbella
(b) Amistad
(c) Antigone
(d) Armistice

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

7. What news does John Winthrop receive after he arrives in New England?
(a) Harry and Bess' child has been born.
(b) Harry has been appointed captain of his ship.
(c) Harry has converted to Catholocism.
(d) Harry has drowned in the Salem River.

8. Why is John Winthrop's wife, Margaret, ailing at Groton?
(a) She has cancer.
(b) She has tuberculosis.
(c) She is melancholy.
(d) She has given birth to a child.

9. How does Bess pass her time at Groton?
(a) She becomes interested in gardening.
(b) She learns needlework and works on many projects.
(c) She has an affinity for outdoor sports.
(d) She mixes medicines and treats the servants and tenants.

10. What action by the king infuriates Emmannuel Downing, John Winthrop and others?
(a) The king has granted territory in America to other men.
(b) The king has changed the marriage laws.
(c) The king has issued higher taxes on rum.
(d) The king has claimed the Roman Catholic Church as the only church in England.

11. How has Bess' behavior changed since Harry and Robert have moved into the Fones house?
(a) She is more diligent about the apothecary business.
(b) She studies all the time.
(c) She wears makeup and goes to improper places.
(d) She goes to church twice a day.

12. What name does the countess call the Fones family?
(a) Ingrates
(b) Paupers
(c) Puritans
(d) Heathens

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

14. What do the Fones children think of their uncle?
(a) He is an outdoorsman and teaches them how to ride horses.
(b) He is very intelligent and reads stories to them.
(c) He bores them with his interminable praying.
(d) He is playful and loves spending time with them.

15. What is a papist?
(a) An Episcopalian
(b) A Roman Catholic
(c) A Scientologist
(d) A Methodist