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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What will happen to the Winthrop family now that Groton Manor has been sold?
(a) They will all set up household in London.
(b) They will all sail to Barbados.
(c) They will all sail to New England.
(d) They will all sail for France.

3. Who does Bess see one day during a celebration?
(a) Robert Seaford
(b) Jack Winthrop
(c) Robert Feake
(d) Will Hallet

4. Why is the Winthrop family in mourning?
(a) Because Sara Winthrop has died
(b) Because Martha Fones has died
(c) Because Anne Winthrop has died
(d) Because Thomas Fones has died

5. What is the name of the ship on which Harry sails to New England?
(a) Tamara
(b) Talbot
(c) Teutonic
(d) Turret

6. How does the Fones family travel to the family manor in Groton?
(a) By train
(b) By boat
(c) By cart
(d) By foot

7. Who is voted in as governor of the colony?
(a) Robert Seaford
(b) Robert Feake
(c) Jack Winthrop
(d) Thomas Dudley

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

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

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

11. What does Anne Hutchinson explain to Bess?
(a) That she should be obedient to her husband
(b) That God is love
(c) That God is a vengeful God
(d) That Bess' husband has a weak character

12. Why is Bess' servant, Sally, jailed?
(a) Speaking out against the church elders
(b) Venery (indulgence in sexual pleasure)
(c) Devil worship
(d) Theft

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many people in John Winthrop's company have died since their arrival in New England?

3. What do the men need before they can plan their journey to the new world?

4. What is Bess teaching children?

5. Who is the friendly Indian the ship's passengers meet in Boston?

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