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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has Bess been encouraged to marry?
(a) Edward Winthrop
(b) Harry Howes
(c) Edward Howes
(d) Jack Winthrop

2. What does Matthew Craddock bring to Emannuel Downing's home?
(a) Two new horses
(b) Fresh tobacco from Barbados
(c) A case of rum
(d) A silk-wrapped charter from England

3. What has Bess' cousin, Harry, sent from Barbados?
(a) Coconut milk
(b) Inferior tobacco
(c) Beaded jewelry
(d) Rum

4. 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 and Harry wish to be married
(c) That she has never loved her father
(d) That she is pregnant with Edward's child

5. Why does King Charles celebrate Christmas?
(a) Because his wife is a papist.
(b) Because he thinks people need a holiday.
(c) Because he enjoys the food.
(d) Because he celebrated as a child.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has Bess' behavior changed since Harry and Robert have moved into the Fones house?

2. Why is the Winthrop family in mourning?

3. What elegantly dressed man enters the apothecary shop asking for the best tobacco?

4. Who tells Bess about Harry's death?

5. Who does not seem interested in marrying Bess?

(see the answer key)

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