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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does Bess deliver to her father that makes him hit her with a stick?
(a) That she wants to move to Barbados
(b) That she has never loved her father
(c) That she is pregnant with Edward's child
(d) That she and Harry wish to be married

2. Why is Bess' servant, Sally, jailed?
(a) Speaking out against the church elders
(b) Theft
(c) Devil worship
(d) Venery (indulgence in sexual pleasure)

3. What is the name of the ship on which Harry sails to New England?
(a) Tamara
(b) Turret
(c) Talbot
(d) Teutonic

4. What is the name of John Cotton's sermon?
(a) Doctrine of Forgiveness
(b) Doctrine of the Spirit
(c) Doctrine of Obedience
(d) Doctrine of Grace

5. Bess gives birth to a girl and names her _____________________________.
(a) Marie Joanne (Joann)
(b) Martha Johanna (Joan)
(c) Martha Jacqueline (Jacquie)
(d) Madeline Justine (Maddie)

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Toby Feake stop in Plymouth on the trip taking Bess and her family to New Amsterdam?

2. Who tells Bess about Harry's death?

3. Why is John Winthrop's wife, Margaret, ailing at Groton?

4. What does Bess do to lift the spirits of the Groton villagers?

5. Who does Bess become interested in on the ship's journey to New England?

(see the answer key)

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