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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. What does Anne Hutchinson explain to Bess?

2. Why do Jack and Bess need a special license to get married?

3. The local miller named Pond receives a letter from his son in New England who wants to return home because ____________________________________.

4. What was Elizabeth's mother's maiden name?

5. To whom is Beth betrothed on Christmas Day?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the irony in the relationships between Bess and her Winthrop cousins, Harry and Jack, who are brothers.

2. What is the environment inside Groton Manor?

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

4. What happens on Fasting Day in Chapter 11?

5. What is the mood surrounding the adventure to the new world as Chapter 7 begins?

6. Explain the irony in Harry and Bess' efforts to help Peyto escape?

7. What would lead to the accusations that Harry's Egyptian servant, Peyto, is a witch?

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

9. What is the sad news that John Winthrop receives after he arrives in New England?

10. Why is Harry not John Winthrop's favorite child?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Does Bess' openness and sense of adventure put her family at risk? Explain her encounters with Indians as an example. Does Bess assume that everyone has authentic motives as she does? Is Bess' naivete a danger to herself or to the colony? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Bess and Harry both admit to being black sheep in the Winthrop family. They each crave excitement and adventure too. Compare and contrast Bess and Harry' personalities, experiences and behavior? Is their relationship ill fated? Why or why not? Would their marriage have lasted if Harry had lived longer?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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