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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Bess learn will be arriving soon at Groton?
(a) Priscilla, Sam, and Martha Fones
(b) Emily Fones
(c) Sara Winthrop
(d) Jack Winthrop

2. What is the overriding religious influence in the group deciding to go to the new world?
(a) Puritan
(b) Jewish
(c) Roman Catholic
(d) Episcopalian

3. Who is Elizabeth excited to see at the estate in Groton?
(a) Robert and Thomas
(b) Jack and Harry
(c) Anne and John
(d) Martha and Mary

4. Why is John Winthrop's wife, Margaret, ailing at Groton?
(a) She has cancer.
(b) She has given birth to a child.
(c) She has tuberculosis.
(d) She is melancholy.

5. Where does the family insist that Harry go instead of returning to Barbados?
(a) To New England
(b) To Australia
(c) To the Bahamas
(d) To France

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people in John Winthrop's company have died since their arrival in New England?

2. Who is Anne's brother who still lives at home?

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

4. What do the men need before they can plan their journey to the new world?

5. Bess gives birth to a girl and names her _____________________________.

(see the answer key)

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