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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does no one live in the Great Meadow?
(a) Because the governor has declared it off-limits to the Colonies.
(b) Because it is too far from town.
(c) Because it floods every spring.
(d) Because it is an ancient Indian burial ground.

2. What additional gift does Kit convince Judith to take with the clothes she has already given her?
(a) Some shoes.
(b) A satchel.
(c) Some stockings.
(d) A bonnet.

3. What news from the town selectmen does Mercy have for Kit when she returns home from the Great Meadow?
(a) Kit is no longer allowed to read for fun.
(b) Kit must be baptized soon.
(c) Kit can help Mercy teach the young children lettering.
(d) Kit must throw away all her fine clothes from Barbados.

4. What does the act of hiding the charter mean to the king?
(a) It is initially disrespectful to the king but nothing more.
(b) The king does not consider it anything worth worrying about.
(c) It is an act of serious insubordination.
(d) It is an act showing support for the king.

5. Why do the townspeople want to arrest Kit?
(a) They know that she has helped Hannah escape.
(b) They have decide they do not like people from Barbados.
(c) They are against all newcomers now.
(d) They think Hannah has left her to continue her work.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is named by England as governor of the Colonies?

2. How do the Puritans view play-acting?

3. What is the name of the port where Kit first goes ashore on her way to Wethersfield?

4. In Chapter 7, what important responsibility has William recently been given?

5. How does Mr. Cruff respond when his daughter reads the Bible in front of the courtroom?

(see the answer key)

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