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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does it mean when Toby upsets the grave site of Telaka's mother?
(a) Her mother's spirit demands a new grave.
(b) Her mother's spirit is lost forever.
(c) Her mother's spirit has inhabited Toby's body.
(d) Her mother's spirit will haunt Toby.

2. With what physical problems is Robert Feake troubled?
(a) Joint pain
(b) Arthritis
(c) Digestive issues
(d) Headaches and mental troubles

3. Why does Thomas feel he should have Will's position?
(a) Because he has lived in the area longer than Will has.
(b) Because he is more experienced than Will is.
(c) Because he is the son-in-law of the community's largest landowner.
(d) Because he has more education that Will has.

4. Who will be moving to Greenwich, much to Bess' delight?
(a) Anne Hutchinson
(b) Will Hallet
(c) Jack Winthrop
(d) Robert Seaford

5. Where do Will and Bess live now?
(a) Salem
(b) Boston
(c) Ipswich
(d) Pequot

6. What does Bess learn about her son-in-law?
(a) Thomas no longer loves Joan.
(b) Thomas has become an alcoholic.
(c) Thomas has turned his life around.
(d) Thomas is still trying to get Bess' land.

7. What happens when Will Hallet arrives to see Bess?
(a) Will tells Bess he is engaged to a Boston girl.
(b) Bess tells him to go away.
(c) Bess does not tell him she is pregnant with Robert's child.
(d) They realize they are in love.

8. What does Telaka tell Bess that Telaka's father, Mianos, has done?
(a) Mianos has moved his people to a piece of land further south.
(b) Mianos has demanded the Telaka return to her people.
(c) Mianos has killed Toby, Daniel and Daniel's assistant, Ben Palmer.
(d) Mianos has put a curse on Bess.

9. What does Will overhear while in Watertown?
(a) Joan has inherited quite a lot of money from her late father's estate.
(b) Robert Feake has been arrested for another murder.
(c) There will soon be another Indian uprising.
(d) Greenwich has been given over to New England and is no longer Dutch.

10. What are the two sadnesses in Bess' life now?
(a) Bess will never see England again and she longs for Jack Winthrop.
(b) Bess regrets the divorce from Robert Feakes and the death of their deformed baby.
(c) Joan has died and Bess is estranged from her granddaughter.
(d) Bess misses her mother and her sister.

11. Why are the Indians in the New Netherlands on the warpath?
(a) The Dutch governor, Kieft, massacred Indians who had come to him for help.
(b) The Europeans do not make fair trades with the Indians.
(c) The Indian chiefs have received messages from their ancestors that it is time to wage war.
(d) The Indians are tired of the Europeans moving in on their lands.

12. What does Bess do after the birth of her son two days before Christmas?
(a) She holds a celebration with pine boughs, candles, and dancing.
(b) She begins to sew baby clothes.
(c) She sends out birth announcements.
(d) She makes arrangements for the child's christening.

13. What information is contained in George Baxter's letter to Bess?
(a) Bess is granted all of the Feake-Patrick land to administer as she sees fit.
(b) Bess must move closer to the village to avoid being attacked by vengeful Indians.
(c) Bess must divorce Robert who has gone mad.
(d) Bess has received a grant to start her school.

14. Why does Toby build a room onto Bess' home?
(a) Bess wants a room where she can mix medicines.
(b) Bess needs more sleeping space for her family.
(c) Bess plans to start a school in her home.
(d) Bess's husband, Robert, has gone mad and must be locked away.

15. Why does Toby Feake stop in Plymouth on the trip taking Bess and her family to New Amsterdam?
(a) To attend church services
(b) To buy some tobacco
(c) So that Bess can buy coats to trade with the Indians
(d) To buy some rum

Short Answer Questions

1. Bess delivers her fourth child, a son, and names him ____________.

2. Bess is grief stricken to learn that ________________________ has died.

3. What does Will do before leaving Watertown?

4. Why does John Winthrop banish Daniel Patrick and his family from the colony?

5. What do Will and Bess realize after they meet?

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