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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Harry admit at dinner?
(a) That he is in love with Bess.
(b) That he actually did kill a man in Barbados.
(c) That the latest tobacco he sent from Barbados was bad.
(d) That he has lost all his money.

2. What personal information does Bess give to Jack?
(a) Bess misses her mother.
(b) Bess is pregnant.
(c) Bess does not love Harry.
(d) Bess cannot stand her mother-in-law.

3. To what position is John Winthrop elected?
(a) Governor of the Plymouth Bay Company
(b) Governor of the Puritan Society
(c) Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Company
(d) Governor of Pymouth Plantation

4. How does John Winthrop react to the news that Jack wants to marry Martha Fones?
(a) He is thrilled by the news.
(b) He is glad that another son will marry a Fones daughter.
(c) He thinks Jack is too young to get married.
(d) He is painfully upset.

5. What effect does Jack Winthrop's arrival at Groton have on Elizabeth?
(a) She throws herself on Jack.
(b) She hardly knows Jack is around.
(c) She does not know what she ever saw in him.
(d) Her peace of mind is disturbed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why would John Winthrop be inclined to go to the new world, America?

2. What is the name of the ship on which Harry sails to New England?

3. How does Bess pass her time at Groton?

4. What do the Fones children think of their uncle?

5. What has Bess' cousin, Harry, sent from Barbados?

(see the answer key)

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