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

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

3. Who does Bess happily encounter in Plymouth?
(a) Will Hallet
(b) Jack Winthrop
(c) Robert Seaford
(d) Daniel Patrick

4. Who will be moving to Greenwich, much to Bess' delight?
(a) Anne Hutchinson
(b) Will Hallet
(c) Jack Winthrop
(d) Robert Seaford

5. What shocking news does Jack receive in a letter?
(a) His property has been sold out from under him.
(b) His father, John Winthrop, has died.
(c) He is to pay extra taxes for harboring a witch.
(d) He learns that Bess has loved him for many years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Telaka tell Bess when they meet in the woods?

2. What happens when Will tells Bess about the governor's answer?

3. To where do Thomas and Joan move?

4. What happiness does Bess have in her life now?

5. What has happened to Robert Feake?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Bess disrupt Thomas' attempt to take her land away from her in the name of Robert Feake?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is the symbolism of Bess' new home in Watertown?

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