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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is the vendor who calls upon the Winthrop household before Hope Leslie goes out at night (236)?
(a) Nelema.
(b) Magawisca.
(c) Monaca.
(d) Sacagawea.

2. Which of the following is the vendor selling who calls upon the Winthrop household before Hope Leslie goes out at night (236)?
(a) Pemmican.
(b) Beadwork.
(c) Moccasins.
(d) Bark-cloth.

3. How high does the novel note the tallest of Boston’s hills stands?
(a) 142 feet.
(b) 80 feet.
(c) 138 feet.
(d) 50 feet.

4. Which of the following questions does Gardiner address in his letter to Wilton (251)?
(a) Why go to New England?
(b) When will he return to England?
(c) What is the velocity of an unladen swallow?
(d) Should I stay or should I go?

5. Which of the following is named as a servant in the Wintrhop household (230)?
(a) Tanager.
(b) Martine.
(c) Robin.
(d) Starling.

6. With which of the following does Gardiner lodge in Boston (251)?
(a) William Hubbard.
(b) Daniel Maud.
(c) Thomas Cotton.
(d) John Winthrop.

7. Which of the following is noted as the “chief of the Mohegans” (249)?
(a) Uncas.
(b) Mononotto.
(c) Miantunnomoh.
(d) Uriah.

8. Hope Leslie’s musing that “I fancy their inquiries will turn out like the experiment of the inquisitive boy, who cut open the drum to find the sound” (151) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Simile.
(d) Conceit.

9. Which of the following people returns Hope Leslie to the Winthrop household at the beginning of Volume II (227)?
(a) Gardiner.
(b) Jennet.
(c) Everell.
(d) Cradock.

10. Who is the second to come upon Hope Leslie after she flees Esther and Everell on Digby’s island (273)?
(a) Esther.
(b) Digby.
(c) Everell.
(d) Gardiner.

11. How old is Hope Leslie when she is sent to Boston?
(a) 19.
(b) 18.
(c) 17.
(d) 16.

12. What does the novel note was the indigenous name of what became the Boston area (181)?
(a) Scituate.
(b) Shawmut.
(c) Siasconset.
(d) Snipatuit.

13. The comment that “‘It must be a dumb dog, indeed,’ replied the girl, ‘that cannot bark for such a kind mistress as thou art’” (190) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Simile.

14. The word “sylvan” carries which of the following meanings?
(a) Swampy.
(b) Barren.
(c) Wooded.
(d) Rocky.

15. How long does Hope Leslie lay in a comatose fever after her escape from Oneco and restoration to Boston?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 6 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. When, per the novel, does Sabbath observance begin among the Puritans?

2. In what color bodice does Hope dress for dinner with the Winthrops, Everell, and Gardiner upon the evening of the arrival of the latter two (194)?

3. What does the novel report as the reason Esther Downing’s father refuses to come to New England (260)?

4. Which of the following is in Hope Leslie’s painting?

5. What is the name of the indigenous leader at the dinner during which Winthrop welcomes Everell and Gardiner to Boston?

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