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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) They realize they are in love.
(d) Bess does not tell him she is pregnant with Robert's child.

2. What surprise awaits Bess as she arrives at the governor's mansion?
(a) Robert Feake has returned to reconcile with Bess.
(b) Jack Winthrop reveals his love for Bess.
(c) John Winthrop is not really dead and wants Bess to suffer for her sins.
(d) Will and Bess are given permission to marry and their land is reinstated to them.

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

4. What is Robert Feake's condition?
(a) Robert lives in a fantasy world and thinks he is still with Bess.
(b) Robert is more robust than he has been in years.
(c) Robert has become a minister.
(d) Robert has remarried and has his new wife with him.

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

6. What happens when Will attempts to get approval from the new governor, Stuyvesant, to marry Bess?
(a) Stuyvesant does not grant his approval.
(b) Stuyvesant extends his blessings on the couple.
(c) Stuyvesant agrees to marry them immediately.
(d) Stuyvesant stipulates a one-year waiting period.

7. What does Bess do as her only resort for help in her situation?
(a) She writes an impassioned letter to the governor.
(b) She makes plans to return to England.
(c) She gives the kid glove to Toby with instructions to find Jack.
(d) She travels to meet the governor in person.

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

9. Why do Bess and Daniel Patrick go to New Amsterdam?
(a) To settle a dispute about the land they have purchased
(b) To buy supplies for the winter
(c) To buy more guns for protection
(d) To trade coats with the Indians

10. Will and Bess organize a festival for which holiday?
(a) Christmas
(b) Easter
(c) Halloween
(d) New Year's

11. 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's husband, Robert, has gone mad and must be locked away.
(d) Bess plans to start a school in her home.

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

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 has received a grant to start her school.
(d) Bess must divorce Robert who has gone mad.

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

15. How does Telaka save the family from the Indians on their journey?
(a) She is very accomplished with primitive weapons.
(b) She uses her instincts to avoid the Indians in the woods.
(c) She trades coats for corn.
(d) She speaks to them and tells them who she is.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bess enjoy most about their new home?

2. To where do Thomas and Joan move?

3. What do the Feakes and Patricks purchase from Telaka's father, Mianos?

4. What illnesses plague the villagers during the harsh winter?

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

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