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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. What wedding gift does Harry buy for Bess?
(a) A cheap brooch
(b) A new horse
(c) A new trousseau
(d) A new home

2. Why would John Winthrop be inclined to go to the new world, America?
(a) Because he wants to cross the ocean in his lifetime.
(b) Because he wants to take religion to the heathens.
(c) Because his job has been dissolved by the king.
(d) Because he has an adventurous spirit.

3. What is the name of the Indian woman Bess takes as a maid?
(a) Mariah
(b) Pequot
(c) Telaka
(d) Tempest

4. Who is the youngest child in the Fones family?
(a) Harry
(b) Martha
(c) Jack
(d) Elizabeth

5. Who scolds the Indians for attempting to trade while claiming to be friends of the English?
(a) Jack Winthrop
(b) Robert Seafod
(c) Daniel Patrick
(d) John Winthrop

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Jack's plans?

2. What other name does Elizabeth use for herself?

3. What prompts the Bay Colony to prepare for war?

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

5. How has Bess' behavior changed since Harry and Robert have moved into the Fones house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is William Coddington and what is Bess' opinion of him?

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

3. What are the circumstances of Harry's missing the ship's departure?

4. Explain the irony in Harry and Bess' efforts to help Peyto escape?

5. Why does Bess discuss the topic of Christmas with her father's apprentice?

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

7. What is happening at Groton Manor which adds to Bess' anguish?

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

9. What is the status of John Winthrop's colony in Chapter 10?

10. What happens to Bess after John Winthrop orders Harry to accompany him to New England?

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