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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. Who has recently arrived from Germany?
(a) Toby Feake, Robert's nephew
(b) Sara Congreve, Bess' childhood friend
(c) Elsa Fones, Bess' aunt
(d) Robert Seaford, Harry's old friend

2. What does Chief Keofferam, Telaka's brother, do to impress Bess?
(a) He brings turkey and venison for Christmas.
(b) He offers Bess help in planting a garden.
(c) He calls a truce from all the fighting.
(d) He brings herbs for Bess' medicines.

3. What does Telaka tell Bess when they meet in the woods?
(a) That Bess will be tried for being a witch
(b) That Will will die by next winter
(c) That Telaka wants to return to her people
(d) That Bess will die in the next few months

4. Why does Toby build a room onto Bess' home?
(a) Bess needs more sleeping space for her family.
(b) Bess's husband, Robert, has gone mad and must be locked away.
(c) Bess wants a room where she can mix medicines.
(d) Bess plans to start a school in her home.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With what physical problems is Robert Feake troubled?

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

3. What does it mean when Toby upsets the grave site of Telaka's mother?

4. What does Will tell Thomas Lyon?

5. What does Will overhear while in Watertown?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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