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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Kit feel when the reverend says a prayer for Mercy and her affliction?
(a) She is in agreement.
(b) She is annoyed.
(c) She is thankful.
(d) She is emotional.

2. What does Kit consider Mercy to be?
(a) The most somber little girl.
(b) A weakened person.
(c) The family jokester.
(d) Everyone's comfort.

3. Which of the following best describes the Great Meadow?
(a) Green but poor soil for planting.
(b) A poor place to live and plant.
(c) Very fertile soil.
(d) Dry and barren.

4. After service, Dr. Bulkeley and who else are invited to the Woods' for dinner?
(a) Nat.
(b) Mr. Holbrook.
(c) Their impoverished neighbors.
(d) William.

5. What familiar person does Kit meet again at the Meeting House?
(a) Mrs. Cruff.
(b) Mrs. Eaton.
(c) John.
(d) Nat.

6. Why is Mercy crippled?
(a) Because of a fever as a child.
(b) She was born that way.
(c) Because of a fall from a horse.
(d) No one knows why.

7. When Matthew Wood finds out how much luggage Kit has brought with her, what is his response?
(a) He thinks it is a bit much, but that she is a growing girl.
(b) He thinks it is funny.
(c) He finds it wasteful and sinful.
(d) He does not really care either way.

8. Who is named by England as governor of the Colonies?
(a) Churchill.
(b) Andros.
(c) Winston.
(d) Ellington.

9. Whom does Judith declare she is going to marry?
(a) John Holbrook.
(b) Mark Holmes.
(c) No one ever!
(d) Nat.

10. Who hands out new concessions of land grants?
(a) The Mayor.
(b) The Assembly.
(c) The Church.
(d) The City Council.

11. In Chapter 7, who comes and interrupts Kit's time with William?
(a) Matthew.
(b) John Holbrook.
(c) Judith.
(d) The reverend.

12. Where do Hannah and her husband walk from to Wethersfield?
(a) New Hampshire.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Maine.
(d) Delaware.

13. Where does Hannah live?
(a) In a little house on the edge of a marshy pond.
(b) Next door to the Wood residence.
(c) In a huge mansion at the end of the Great Meadow.
(d) In the middle of the hustle and bustle of Wethersfield.

14. How old is Kit?
(a) 16.
(b) 17.
(c) 14.
(d) 13.

15. How do the Puritans view play-acting?
(a) They consider it great fun.
(b) They consider it sinful.
(c) They think it is necessary.
(d) They see it as silly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What day is prayer meeting held?

2. When William first comes to court Kit, what do they do?

3. Who arrives while Kit is visiting Hannah in Chapter 10?

4. What item does Prudence accidentally drop in the water?

5. It is common knowledge that once William decides on a wife, he will do what?

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