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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what grounds will the governor grant Bess' divorce from Robert?
(a) Bess has to admit to adultery.
(b) Bess claims irreconcilable differences.
(c) Bess wants her marriage annulled.
(d) Bess claims mental cruelty.

2. What does Bess enjoy most about their new home?
(a) Preparing fresh seafood every day
(b) There are more opportunities to shop and trade.
(c) They are neighbors to Daniel Patrick and his family.
(d) Bathing in the ocean and exploring the woods

3. What does Robert do to Bess?
(a) He apologizes for making her life so difficult.
(b) He demands that she stop mixing medicines.
(c) He rapes her in a fit of insanity.
(d) He becomes more loving than ever before.

4. Bess is grief stricken to learn that ________________________ has died.
(a) Jack Winthrop
(b) Anneke Patrick
(c) Robert Seaford
(d) Margaret Winthrop

5. How does Bess perceive her new son-in-law, Thomas?
(a) He is lazy and wants to take control of Bess' property.
(b) He is industrious and wants to get started on a home for Joan.
(c) He is kind but not very smart.
(d) He is a God-fearing man with strict ideas about marriage.

6. What happens with the delivery of a letter from the Dutch Director-General?
(a) Will and Bess are made elders of the church.
(b) A statue is to be dedicated to Bess.
(c) Will is banished from the colony and Bess, as an adulteress, may never see him again.
(d) Will learns that his mother has died in London.

7. What illnesses plague the villagers during the harsh winter?
(a) measles and mumps
(b) cholera and scurvy
(c) cholera and tuberculosis
(d) tuberculosis and scurvy

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

9. Where will Joan and Thomas live?
(a) They will live with Bess at Greenwich Cove.
(b) They will live in Ipswich.
(c) They will live in Boston.
(d) They will live in Salem.

10. Bess learns that ____________________ has returned to Boston.
(a) Jack Winthrop
(b) Will Hallet
(c) Robert Seaford
(d) Toby Feake

11. What happiness does Bess have in her life now?
(a) Bess is pregnant again with Will's child.
(b) Bess will be able to return to England for an extended visit soon.
(c) Her daughter, Hannah, is turning eighteen and is about to be betrothed to a man named John Browne.
(d) Bess finally has all the money she could ever need.

12. Where do Will and Bess now live?
(a) Hallet's Point
(b) Boston
(c) Pequot
(d) Watertown

13. Why does John Winthrop banish Daniel Patrick and his family from the colony?
(a) He accuses Daniel of having an affair with Bess.
(b) Daniel has stolen money from the colony's treasury.
(c) Daniel's views no longer coincide with the colony's religious position.
(d) Daniel is too strong of a political opponent.

14. What has happened to Robert Feake?
(a) He has almost completely recovered from his madness.
(b) He is confined to his room and must be cared for like a child.
(c) He takes his share of the family money and leaves.
(d) He has been institutionalized for insanity.

15. What prevents the Indians from killing Bess and her family when they attack their home?
(a) Telaka begs for Bess' life.
(b) The Indians think Bess is a witch.
(c) Bess offers a peace treaty with the Indians.
(d) Chief Keofferam, Telaka's brother, recognizes Bess as the one who healed him long ago and does not harm them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Feakes children manage to stay well during this winter?

2. Who will be moving to Greenwich, much to Bess' delight?

3. What is Robert Feake's condition?

4. Under whose jurisdiction does the Feakes-Patrick land fall after the meeting?

5. Who is the only other person who sees the love between Bess and Will?

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