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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 outrage does Bess commit with the countess?
(a) She asks the countess for payment.
(b) She spills ink on the countess gown.
(c) She steps on the countess' gown.
(d) She calls the countess a name.

2. What has happened to many of the Indians in the area?
(a) They are learning to speak English.
(b) They are almost wiped out due to illness.
(c) They are planting food indigenous to Europe.
(d) They are learning the white man's ways.

3. How many people in John Winthrop's company have died since their arrival in New England?
(a) Nearly all of them
(b) Nearly one third
(c) Nearly one half
(d) Nearly three fourths

4. Why is the Winthrop family in mourning?
(a) Because Anne Winthrop has died
(b) Because Martha Fones has died
(c) Because Sara Winthrop has died
(d) Because Thomas Fones has died

5. Who is the friendly Indian the ship's passengers meet in Boston?
(a) Chickatabot
(b) Massasoit
(c) Tecumseh
(d) Wampanoag

Short Answer Questions

1. What wedding gift does Harry buy for Bess?

2. After what group is John Winthrop's new colony patterned?

3. Who is voted in as governor of the colony?

4. Who does Daniel Patrick take with him to fight Indians?

5. What other name does Elizabeth use for herself?

Short Essay Questions

1. What other element of foreshadowing does the author use in Chapter 4?

2. What is the symbolism of the celebration held by the people of Boston after John Winthrop's removal from office?

3. Explain the technique of foreshadowing and how the author uses it as Bess enters married life at Groton Manor.

4. What is the relationship of Elizabeth, the main character, to the powerful Winthrop family?

5. John Winthrop's good mood over the preparations for sailing to New England are dampened by what occurrence?

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

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

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

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

10. What is the environment inside Groton Manor?

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