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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bess do to lift the spirits of the Groton villagers?
(a) Organizes a May Day celebration
(b) Lowers the tenants' rent
(c) Gives the servants two days off from work
(d) Throws a formal ball for the villagers

2. Of what crime has Peyto been accused?
(a) Being a witch
(b) Stealing from the Winthrops
(c) Playing cards on Sunday
(d) Drinking too much rum

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

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

5. What effect does Jack Winthrop's arrival at Groton have on Elizabeth?
(a) She hardly knows Jack is around.
(b) She throws herself on Jack.
(c) Her peace of mind is disturbed.
(d) She does not know what she ever saw in him.

6. Who is Bess' stepmother?
(a) Priscilla
(b) Patricia
(c) Prudence
(d) Pamela

7. What vision has Peyto revealed to Bess?
(a) That Harry will die.
(b) That Harry is unfaithful
(c) That Bess will have many children.
(d) That Bess' baby will die.

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

9. With whom has John Winthrop arranged a marriage for Bess?
(a) Robert Feake
(b) William Falter
(c) William Congreve
(d) Robert Seaford

10. Now that Bess is a widow, who do the Winthrops want her to consider marrying?
(a) William Congreve
(b) William Coddington
(c) Walter Raleigh
(d) Warner Seaford

11. What was Elizabeth's mother's maiden name?
(a) Anne Groton
(b) Mary Winthrop
(c) Anne Winthrop
(d) Elizabeth Groton

12. Who tells Bess about Harry's death?
(a) Martha
(b) Jack
(c) Sara
(d) Margaret

13. How many people plan to sail to New England on the first voyage of the Massachusetts Bay Company?
(a) 700
(b) 350
(c) 50
(d) 100

14. Who is Bess' surprise visitor?
(a) Her fiance, Edward
(b) Her cousin, Harry
(c) Her best friend, Sara
(d) Her sister, Martha

15. What has Bess' cousin, Harry, sent from Barbados?
(a) Beaded jewelry
(b) Rum
(c) Coconut milk
(d) Inferior tobacco

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Bess deliver to her father that makes him hit her with a stick?

2. What happens when John Winthrop's iron-fisted style of leadership creates huge opposition in the colony?

3. In what way does Bess' pregnancy restrict her?

4. What does Winthrop note about the people who seem to die first?

5. Who is Jack Winthrop's new wife?

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