View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has happened to Bess' husband, Robert?
(a) Robert has died of natural causes.
(b) Robert has spiralled even further into madness.
(c) Robert has stowed away on a ship back to England.
(d) Robert has emerged from his dementia.

2. How does Telaka save the family from the Indians on their journey?
(a) She uses her instincts to avoid the Indians in the woods.
(b) She is very accomplished with primitive weapons.
(c) She trades coats for corn.
(d) She speaks to them and tells them who she is.

3. Why do Toby Feake, Thomas Lyon and Angell Husted arrive at Will's house armed and angry?
(a) Because they want Bess' property
(b) Because Will and Bess have committed adultery
(c) Because there is talk of another Indian attack
(d) Because Robert Feake did not agree to the divorce

4. What happiness does Bess have in her life now?
(a) Bess is pregnant again with Will's child.
(b) Bess will be able to return to England for an extended visit soon.
(c) Her daughter, Hannah, is turning eighteen and is about to be betrothed to a man named John Browne.
(d) Bess finally has all the money she could ever need.

5. What does Bell beg Telaka not to tell her tribe?
(a) That Daniel Patrick has killed Mianos
(b) That Toby is not sorry for upsetting Telaka's mother's gravesite
(c) That Bess has traded with them unfairly
(d) That Daniel Patrick is planning on waging war on the Indians

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does John Winthrop banish Daniel Patrick and his family from the colony?

2. What happens to all of Bess' assets?

3. How do Will and Bess escape their dire fate?

4. With what physical problems is Robert Feake troubled?

5. Why do Bess and Daniel Patrick go to New Amsterdam?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bess meet up again with Will Hallet?

2. What happens when the new governor refuses to marry Will and Bess?

3. What is the final symbolic representation of Bess' marriage to Robert?

4. Where do Will, Bess and the children settle into a new home?

5. What does Bess do when she and Will are accused of adultery and are about to be parted forever?

6. What would make the villagers accuse Bess of being a witch?

7. Why does Toby build on a room to Bess' house?

8. What occurs in Chapter 18 which is a mixed blessing for Bess?

9. Why do Bess and Will go to New Amsterdam together?

10. What does the letter from George Baxter represent to Bess?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 956 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample