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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. What does Anne Hutchinson explain to Bess?
(a) That she should be obedient to her husband
(b) That Bess' husband has a weak character
(c) That God is a vengeful God
(d) That God is love

2. What news does John Winthrop receive after he arrives in New England?
(a) Harry has been appointed captain of his ship.
(b) Harry has converted to Catholocism.
(c) Harry has drowned in the Salem River.
(d) Harry and Bess' child has been born.

3. Bess gives birth to another daughter and names her _____________.
(a) Margaret
(b) Sara
(c) Hannah
(d) Anne

4. What does Bess realize shortly after her marriage to Harry?
(a) That Harry has been married before.
(b) That she has always loved Harry's brother, Jack.
(c) That Harry is gay.
(d) That she is too young to be married.

5. Who does not seem interested in marrying Bess?
(a) Edward
(b) William
(c) Harry
(d) Jack

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Harry return from Barbados?

2. Now that Bess is a widow, who do the Winthrops want her to consider marrying?

3. What is Bess teaching children?

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

5. What does this customer tell Bess is awaiting her on the other side of the wall?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bess marry Harry even though she is really in love with his brother, Jack?

2. What is the relationship of Elizabeth, the main character, to the powerful Winthrop family?

3. What is the environment inside Groton Manor?

4. What happens to Bess after John Winthrop orders Harry to accompany him to New England?

5. What happens at Anne Hutchinson's trial for heresy?

6. Explain the irony of the imposition of religious beliefs on people in New England.

7. What is the status of John Winthrop's colony in Chapter 10?

8. Explain the irony in the relationships between Bess and her Winthrop cousins, Harry and Jack, who are brothers.

9. Why do Bess' neighbors think Bess' new maid, the Indian named Telaka, does the works of the devil?

10. What is it about Anne Hutchinson's beliefs that is so appealing to Bess?

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