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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 information is contained in George Baxter's letter to Bess?
(a) Bess is granted all of the Feake-Patrick land to administer as she sees fit.
(b) Bess must divorce Robert who has gone mad.
(c) Bess has received a grant to start her school.
(d) Bess must move closer to the village to avoid being attacked by vengeful Indians.

2. Bess' daughter, Joan, marries Thomas Lyon at what age?
(a) Fourteen
(b) Twenty-One
(c) Seventeen
(d) Sixteen

3. How do the Feakes children manage to stay well during this winter?
(a) Telaka gathers herbs to keep them well.
(b) Telaka gives the children vitamins.
(c) The children stay in their own home away from other children.
(d) The children drink all of their milk.

4. What complications does Bess experience with the birth of her child?
(a) Beth's child is stillborn.
(b) Bess suffers a miscarriage.
(c) Bess has to stay in bed for several weeks prior to the birth.
(d) The child is born deformed and dies soon after.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Bess is grief stricken to learn that ________________________ has died.

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

3. What role does Will Hallet assume in the community of Greenwich?

4. What is Robert Feake's condition?

5. What does Bess learn about her son-in-law?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What occurs in Chapter 18 to mark the turning point of Bess' personal life?

5. What happens when Will and Bess return to New Amsterdam in Chapter 23?

6. Under what conditions is Bess' divorce from Robert granted?

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

8. In addition to England, what other countries are claiming territory in the New World?

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

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

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