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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 Robert do to Bess?
(a) He rapes her in a fit of insanity.
(b) He becomes more loving than ever before.
(c) He apologizes for making her life so difficult.
(d) He demands that she stop mixing medicines.

2. What does Jack tell Bess about Robert Feakes?
(a) Robert has returned to his career as a jeweler in London.
(b) Robert is in jail in England after confessing to murdering his former apprentice.
(c) Robert plans to get custody of his children.
(d) Robert is still in love with Bess.

3. How do Will and Bess escape their dire fate?
(a) They are able to convince the governor to reverse their punishment.
(b) John Winthrop intervenes on their behalf with the governor.
(c) Jack Winthrop rescues them and gives them six acres and a home.
(d) They manage to sail to England.

4. What does Bess learn about her son-in-law?
(a) Thomas is still trying to get Bess' land.
(b) Thomas has turned his life around.
(c) Thomas has become an alcoholic.
(d) Thomas no longer loves Joan.

5. What happens with the delivery of a letter from the Dutch Director-General?
(a) A statue is to be dedicated to Bess.
(b) Will is banished from the colony and Bess, as an adulteress, may never see him again.
(c) Will learns that his mother has died in London.
(d) Will and Bess are made elders of the church.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Telaka save the family from the Indians on their journey?

2. What do the Feakes and Patricks purchase from Telaka's father, Mianos?

3. Who will be moving to Greenwich, much to Bess' delight?

4. What does Will do before leaving Watertown?

5. What prevents the Indians from killing Bess and her family when they attack their home?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Telaka prove her loyalty to Bess in Chapter 16?

3. What surprising statement does the harsh John Winthrop make just prior to his death?

4. Why are Bess and her family saved during an Indian attack on their home?

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

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

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

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

9. What does Will discover when he visits Watertown one day?

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

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