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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does King Charles celebrate Christmas?
(a) Because his wife is a papist.
(b) Because he thinks people need a holiday.
(c) Because he celebrated as a child.
(d) Because he enjoys the food.

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

3. To what position is John Winthrop elected?
(a) Governor of the Plymouth Bay Company
(b) Governor of the Puritan Society
(c) Governor of Pymouth Plantation
(d) Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Company

4. Why is Bess' servant, Sally, jailed?
(a) Venery (indulgence in sexual pleasure)
(b) Speaking out against the church elders
(c) Devil worship
(d) Theft

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bess realize shortly after her marriage to Harry?

2. What elegantly dressed man enters the apothecary shop asking for the best tobacco?

3. What has happened to many of the Indians in the area?

4. Who is the eldest of the Fones children?

5. Who does Bess see one day during a celebration?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Fitch, the Fones' family servant, tell Edward Howes that the Fones house is being run by the devil?

2. Why does Bess agree to marry the intellectual and boring Edward Howes?

3. In what way does the Fones apothecary suffer because of their religious beliefs?

4. What happens on Fasting Day in Chapter 11?

5. Who makes an unexpected visit to Bess and her daughter, Joan?

6. Why does Bess marry Harry even though she is really in love with his brother, Jack?

7. Explain the irony in the relationships between Bess and her Winthrop cousins, Harry and Jack, who are brothers.

8. What would lead to the accusations that Harry's Egyptian servant, Peyto, is a witch?

9. What is Bess' mood as she arrives in New England in Chapter 8?

10. What is Bess' state of mind in Chapter 4?

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