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

2. Bess gives birth to a girl and names her _____________________________.
(a) Marie Joanne (Joann)
(b) Martha Johanna (Joan)
(c) Madeline Justine (Maddie)
(d) Martha Jacqueline (Jacquie)

3. 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 studies all the time.
(d) She is more diligent about the apothecary business.

4. Why do Bess and Harry require a special marriage license?
(a) Because they are underage
(b) Because they are papists
(c) Because they are Episcopalians
(d) Because they are cousins

5. What effect does Jack Winthrop's arrival at Groton have on Elizabeth?
(a) Her peace of mind is disturbed.
(b) She throws herself on Jack.
(c) She hardly knows Jack is around.
(d) She does not know what she ever saw in him.

Short Answer Questions

1. The local miller named Pond receives a letter from his son in New England who wants to return home because ____________________________________.

2. How is Harry fixed for money?

3. When does John Winthrop decide he is going to emigrate to the new world?

4. With whom has John Winthrop arranged a marriage for Bess?

5. To whom is Beth betrothed on Christmas Day?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens after Harry and Bess make love?

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

4. Why is Groton Manor a wonderland to the Fones children?

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

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

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

8. What is it about Anne Hutchinson's beliefs that is so appealing to Bess?

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

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

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