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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 do the Indians want from Bess in exchange for beaver hides?
(a) Jewelry
(b) Guns
(c) Medicine
(d) Food

2. How has Bess' behavior changed since Harry and Robert have moved into the Fones house?
(a) She wears makeup and goes to improper places.
(b) She goes to church twice a day.
(c) She is more diligent about the apothecary business.
(d) She studies all the time.

3. What does Fitch, the Fones' servant, tell Edward Howes about the Fones household?
(a) That he plans to retire soon
(b) That it is being run by the devil
(c) That he needs more help in maintaining the house
(d) That there is not enough money

4. What personal information does Bess give to Jack?
(a) Bess is pregnant.
(b) Bess cannot stand her mother-in-law.
(c) Bess misses her mother.
(d) Bess does not love Harry.

5. Who is Bess' stepmother?
(a) Pamela
(b) Patricia
(c) Prudence
(d) Priscilla

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of John Cotton's sermon?

2. What are the Fones children taught about papists?

3. How many people in John Winthrop's company have died since their arrival in New England?

4. Who does Harry bring with him to dinner?

5. With whom is Bess in love?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the environment inside Groton Manor?

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

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

4. Why is John Winthrop so interested in going to the New World?

5. What is the sad news that John Winthrop receives after he arrives in New England?

6. What happens at Anne Hutchinson's trial for heresy?

7. What happens on Fasting Day in Chapter 11?

8. Explain the irony of the imposition of religious beliefs on people in New England.

9. What is the mood surrounding the adventure to the new world as Chapter 7 begins?

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

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