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

2. Who does Bess see one day during a celebration?
(a) Jack Winthrop
(b) Robert Seaford
(c) Robert Feake
(d) Will Hallet

3. Bess gives birth to another daughter and names her _____________.
(a) Sara
(b) Hannah
(c) Anne
(d) Margaret

4. Who is Jack Winthrop's new wife?
(a) Anne Hutchinson
(b) Sara Feakes
(c) Elizabeth Reade
(d) Elizabeth Congreve

5. To what does Harry admit at dinner?
(a) That he has lost all his money.
(b) That he is in love with Bess.
(c) That the latest tobacco he sent from Barbados was bad.
(d) That he actually did kill a man in Barbados.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Bess' surprise visitor?

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

3. What does Winthrop note about the people who seem to die first?

4. What does Anne Hutchinson explain to Bess?

5. Who tells Bess about Harry's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is John Winthrop worried after his ship sets sail for New England?

2. Why has Bess become a controversial and suspicious character among the villagers in Watertown where she lives?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is Bess' mood as she arrives in New England in Chapter 8?

9. Who makes an unexpected visit to Bess and her daughter, Joan?

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

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