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

2. What does Bess enjoy most about their new home?
(a) They are neighbors to Daniel Patrick and his family.
(b) Preparing fresh seafood every day
(c) There are more opportunities to shop and trade.
(d) Bathing in the ocean and exploring the woods

3. Under whose jurisdiction does the Feakes-Patrick land fall after the meeting?
(a) The Papists
(b) The Germans
(c) The Dutch
(d) The Puritans

4. Why does Thomas feel he should have Will's position?
(a) Because he has lived in the area longer than Will has.
(b) Because he is the son-in-law of the community's largest landowner.
(c) Because he has more education that Will has.
(d) Because he is more experienced than Will is.

5. On what grounds will the governor grant Bess' divorce from Robert?
(a) Bess wants her marriage annulled.
(b) Bess claims irreconcilable differences.
(c) Bess claims mental cruelty.
(d) Bess has to admit to adultery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two sadnesses in Bess' life now?

2. What illnesses plague the villagers during the harsh winter?

3. What complications does Bess experience with the birth of her child?

4. Who has been writing to John Winthrop in an attempt to get what might be due to Joan from her late father's holdings in Barbados as well as to contest the paper signed by Robert Feake granting his property to Bess and Will?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What spiritual experience does Bess have in Chapter 24?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What are some of the underlying reasons for the witchcraft hysteria running rampant in the colony?

10. How does the claims by other countries affect Bess personally?

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