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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 Telaka tell Bess that Telaka's father, Mianos, has done?
(a) Mianos has demanded the Telaka return to her people.
(b) Mianos has moved his people to a piece of land further south.
(c) Mianos has killed Toby, Daniel and Daniel's assistant, Ben Palmer.
(d) Mianos has put a curse on Bess.

2. What happens when Will Hallet arrives to see Bess?
(a) Bess tells him to go away.
(b) Bess does not tell him she is pregnant with Robert's child.
(c) They realize they are in love.
(d) Will tells Bess he is engaged to a Boston girl.

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

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

5. What has instilled fear in the residents of the New Amsterdam area?
(a) There is a threat of scurvy and tuberculosis.
(b) The area is in danger of flooding from unrelenting rain.
(c) The church elders are on a witch hunt again.
(d) The town is overrun by Indians who they fear will turn hostile.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bess do as her only resort for help in her situation?

2. What does Will overhear while in Watertown?

3. What has happened to Robert Feake?

4. To where do Thomas and Joan move?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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