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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. To what is Bess looking forward?
(a) Sewing some new clothes
(b) Learning to cook
(c) Going to Barbados with Harry
(d) Raising a child
2. Why do the men want John Winthrop with them when they go to America?
(a) Because Winthrop is a religious leader.
(b) Because Winthrop is a good merchant.
(c) Because Winthrop has lots of money.
(d) Because Winthrop has legal knowledge.
3. How many people plan to sail to New England on the first voyage of the Massachusetts Bay Company?
(a) 50
(b) 100
(c) 350
(d) 700
4. Of what crime has Peyto been accused?
(a) Playing cards on Sunday
(b) Drinking too much rum
(c) Being a witch
(d) Stealing from the Winthrops
5. How has Bess' behavior changed since Harry and Robert have moved into the Fones house?
(a) She is more diligent about the apothecary business.
(b) She wears makeup and goes to improper places.
(c) She studies all the time.
(d) She goes to church twice a day.
Short Answer Questions
1. What action by the king infuriates Emmannuel Downing, John Winthrop and others?
2. What does Fitch, the Fones' servant, tell Edward Howes about the Fones household?
3. Why does Harry return from Barbados?
4. What has Bess' cousin, Harry, sent from Barbados?
5. Who does not seem interested in marrying Bess?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Harry not John Winthrop's favorite child?
2. What is the mood surrounding the adventure to the new world as Chapter 7 begins?
3. What is Bess' mood as she arrives in New England in Chapter 8?
4. What is the environment inside Groton Manor?
5. Why is John Winthrop so interested in going to the New World?
6. Why do Bess' neighbors think Bess' new maid, the Indian named Telaka, does the works of the devil?
7. Explain the circumstances of Elizabeth's (Bess) punishment by her uncle John?
8. Why has Bess become a controversial and suspicious character among the villagers in Watertown where she lives?
9. Why does Bess discuss the topic of Christmas with her father's apprentice?
10. What is the sad news that John Winthrop receives after he arrives in New England?
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