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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bess gives birth to a girl and names her _____________________________.

2. After what group is John Winthrop's new colony patterned?

3. Where does Harry decide to stay for awhile?

4. Who does not seem interested in marrying Bess?

5. Whose controversial beliefs are causing division in Boston?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Bess' mood as she arrives in New England in Chapter 8?

2. What is the environment inside Groton Manor?

3. Why does Bess discuss the topic of Christmas with her father's apprentice?

4. What are the circumstances of Harry's missing the ship's departure?

5. What is the relationship of Elizabeth, the main character, to the powerful Winthrop family?

6. Why is John Winthrop worried after his ship sets sail for New England?

7. Why does Fitch, the Fones' family servant, tell Edward Howes that the Fones house is being run by the devil?

8. What is the status of John Winthrop's colony in Chapter 10?

9. John Winthrop's good mood over the preparations for sailing to New England are dampened by what occurrence?

10. Why is John Winthrop so interested in going to the New World?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the wedding between Robert Feake and Bess. What is the symbolism in the joyless ceremony? What could Bess expect from married life after such a somber beginning? Why did Bess go through with the marriage in spite of her distaste for Feake?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the feelings the Winthrop family must have experienced when they hear reports that people in the New World want to return to England? Do you think they voiced their concerns to John Winthrop? To each other? What trepidation must each one of them experienced? How was Bess' experience different from Margaret's? What would have happened to them if they had refused to board the ship?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the purpose of Bess' punishment by her Uncle John. Should the intolerance for anything outside the Puritan religion be extended to the children? Does Uncle John succeed in teaching Bess the lesson he had hoped to or does she take away something completely counter to his purpose? Explain the use of humiliation as a form of punishment and whether or not it accomplishes anything other than inciting hatred toward the one administering the punishment.

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