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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long had Everell been abroad when Hope Leslie writes the reported letter to him in England?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 7 years.

2. How many attempts at escape does Everell make as he is taken away from Bethel towards the Husatonick?
(a) 3.
(b) 0.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

3. The comment that “In short, she was the petted lamb of the fold” (174) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Simile.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Metaphor.

4. How valuable an estate is Winthrop noted to have (197)?
(a) 700 pounds weekly.
(b) 700 pounds monthly.
(c) 700 pounds total.
(d) 700 pounds annually.

5. How many years pass between Magawisca’s maiming and Hope Leslie’s reported letter to Everell in England?
(a) 3.
(b) 7.
(c) 9.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following is named as a servant in the Wintrhop household (230)?

3. How high does the novel note the tallest of Boston’s hills stands?

4. Magawisca’s comment that “I cannot send back the bird that has mated to its parent nest” (241) offers an example of which of the following?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does Everell give on Digby’s island for thinking that Hope Leslie is enamored of Gardiner?

2. What justification does the narrator give for the description of “a pilgrim mansion” (197) in the terms used in the novel?

3. What trees grow on the hill to which Mononotto takes Everell to be sacrificed?

4. What sounds reach Hope Leslie atop the mountain at Northampton (153)?

5. What reasons does William Fletcher give for sending Hope Leslie to Boston at the Winthrops’ request?

6. Why are Winthrop’s indigenous guests offended at the dinner when Everell and Gardiner arrive in Boston?

7. What reasons does Gardiner write for preferring Hope Leslie as a potential love interest?

8. What reasons does Gardiner write for rejecting Esther Downing as a potential love interest?

9. What are the “Indian riches” in the hut where Magawisca and Faith Leslie are confined after the retreat from Bethel (140)?

10. What is Hope Leslie’s reaction to her own placing Esther Downing’s hand into Everell’s and commending them to one another on Digby’s island (270-71)?

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