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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has happened to many of the Indians in the area?
(a) They are almost wiped out due to illness.
(b) They are planting food indigenous to Europe.
(c) They are learning to speak English.
(d) They are learning the white man's ways.

2. What is the overriding religious influence in the group deciding to go to the new world?
(a) Roman Catholic
(b) Episcopalian
(c) Jewish
(d) Puritan

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

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

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

6. Who does Bess become interested in on the ship's journey to New England?
(a) William Congreve
(b) Warner Seaford
(c) Walter Dyer
(d) Will Hallett

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

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

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

10. Why does the Fones family live in London?
(a) The Fones' think the schools are better in London
(b) Mrs. Fones likes to go to the theater in London
(c) Mr. Fones has an apothecary business in London
(d) Mr. Fones will not leave his home town

11. Why is Anne Hutchinson excommunicated from the church?
(a) She is accused of being a witch.
(b) She refuses to attend church services.
(c) She has disgraced her husband in public.
(d) She has destroyed her Bible.

12. When does John Winthrop decide he is going to emigrate to the new world?
(a) During a meeting at Lincolnshire
(b) When his business fails
(c) When his mother dies
(d) After a meeting of Parliament

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

14. 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 is ousted from office.
(c) Winthrop decides to go back to England.
(d) Winthrop must speak with the church elders on a regular basis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is Beth betrothed on Christmas Day?

2. How does the Fones family travel to the family manor in Groton?

3. What action by the king infuriates Emmannuel Downing, John Winthrop and others?

4. Who is Elizabeth excited to see at the estate in Groton?

5. What does this customer tell Bess is awaiting her on the other side of the wall?

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