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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. Bess' daughter, Joan, marries Thomas Lyon at what age?
(a) Twenty-One
(b) Seventeen
(c) Sixteen
(d) Fourteen

2. Why do Bess and Will travel to New Amsterdam?
(a) To look into having Robert commited for insanity
(b) To buy more guns for the next Indian uprising
(c) To secure a divorce for Bess, freeing her to marry Will
(d) To buy more land surrounding Greenwich

3. Bess delivers her fourth child, a son, and names him ____________.
(a) Will
(b) John
(c) Jack
(d) Robert

4. What does John Winthrop think of Daniel Patrick's and Anne Hutchinson's deaths?
(a) The deaths are untimely and tragic.
(b) Death is to be expected in a burgeoning country.
(c) The deaths are a natural consequence of ungodly behavior.
(d) He is not surprised because they had made many enemies.

5. What does Bess do after the birth of her son two days before Christmas?
(a) She begins to sew baby clothes.
(b) She holds a celebration with pine boughs, candles, and dancing.
(c) She sends out birth announcements.
(d) She makes arrangements for the child's christening.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Will and Bess realize after they meet?

2. What does Chief Keofferam, Telaka's brother, do to impress Bess?

3. How does Telaka save the family from the Indians on their journey?

4. With what physical problems is Robert Feake troubled?

5. What happens when Will tells Bess about the governor's answer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the final symbolic representation of Bess' marriage to Robert?

2. What does the letter from George Baxter represent to Bess?

3. What would make the villagers accuse Bess of being a witch?

4. Why do Bess and Will go to New Amsterdam together?

5. How does Telaka prove her loyalty to Bess in Chapter 16?

6. Why does Toby build on a room to Bess' house?

7. What occurs in Chapter 18 to mark the turning point of Bess' personal life?

8. Why are Bess and her family saved during an Indian attack on their home?

9. What happens when the new governor refuses to marry Will and Bess?

10. What does Will discover when he visits Watertown one day?

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