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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 news does John Winthrop receive after he arrives in New England?
(a) Harry and Bess' child has been born.
(b) Harry has been appointed captain of his ship.
(c) Harry has converted to Catholocism.
(d) Harry has drowned in the Salem River.

2. Why does Harry return from Barbados?
(a) He is tired of the tobacco business.
(b) He is in trouble for killing a man.
(c) He has lost his plantation.
(d) He is homesick.

3. Who does Bess become interested in on the ship's journey to New England?
(a) Will Hallett
(b) Walter Dyer
(c) Warner Seaford
(d) William Congreve

4. What prompts the Bay Colony to prepare for war?
(a) Rumors of an uprising of the Puritans
(b) Indian attacks in Boston
(c) Letters from Providence and Connecticut warning of Indian massacres
(d) Indian sightings in Ipswich

5. What do the men need before they can plan their journey to the new world?
(a) A good ship
(b) Financial backing
(c) Provisions that will last for months
(d) A crate of Bibles

Short Answer Questions

1. Who accompanies Harry and Bess to Groton?

2. Why do Jack and Bess need a special license to get married?

3. What is Bess teaching children?

4. What do the Indians want from Bess in exchange for beaver hides?

5. What really concerns Edward Howes about what is going on in the Fones household?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why is Harry not John Winthrop's favorite child?

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

8. What is the environment inside Groton Manor?

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

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

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