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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What outrage does Bess commit with the countess?
(a) She asks the countess for payment.
(b) She spills ink on the countess gown.
(c) She calls the countess a name.
(d) She steps on the countess' gown.

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

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

4. To what is Bess looking forward?
(a) Raising a child
(b) Sewing some new clothes
(c) Going to Barbados with Harry
(d) Learning to cook

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

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

7. With whom is Bess in love?
(a) Jack's brother, Harry
(b) Harry's brother, William
(c) Jack's brother, William
(d) Harry's brother, Jack

8. What does Matthew Craddock bring to Emannuel Downing's home?
(a) Fresh tobacco from Barbados
(b) A silk-wrapped charter from England
(c) A case of rum
(d) Two new horses

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

10. How does John Winthrop react to the news that Jack wants to marry Martha Fones?
(a) He is painfully upset.
(b) He is thrilled by the news.
(c) He is glad that another son will marry a Fones daughter.
(d) He thinks Jack is too young to get married.

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

12. Who is the eldest of the Fones children?
(a) Jack
(b) Harry
(c) Elizabeth
(d) Martha

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

14. Bess gives birth to another daughter and names her _____________.
(a) Hannah
(b) Margaret
(c) Sara
(d) Anne

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack give to Bess to use as a signal that she needs help?

2. To what does Harry admit at dinner?

3. What do the Indians want from Bess in exchange for beaver hides?

4. Why does the Fones family live in London?

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

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