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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What wedding gift does Harry buy for Bess?

2. What name does the countess call the Fones family?

3. Whose controversial beliefs are causing division in Boston?

4. Why does the Fones family not celebrate Christmas?

5. After what group is John Winthrop's new colony patterned?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after Harry and Bess make love?

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

3. What happens on Fasting Day in Chapter 11?

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

5. Why is Groton Manor a wonderland to the Fones children?

6. Why is Harry not John Winthrop's favorite child?

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

8. Why has Bess become a controversial and suspicious character among the villagers in Watertown where she lives?

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

10. Why does Fitch, the Fones' family servant, tell Edward Howes that the Fones house is being run by the devil?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Peyto. Do you think the people in England are justified in feeling threatened by him? How would Peyto be perceived if he were to walk the streets of London, New York or any other metropolitan area today? What was the reasoning for the rush to judgment on Peyto?

Essay Topic 2

Why does John Winthrop consent to the marriage between Harry and Bess? Does he think they are two-of-a-kind and deserve each other? Or is he forced into approving the marriage because Bess is pregnant? What other options would have been available to Bess at the time? Given what you know about Harry's lifestyle, what choice do you think Bess would have made if she had the options available to young women today?

Essay Topic 3

Does Bess' openness and sense of adventure put her family at risk? Explain her encounters with Indians as an example. Does Bess assume that everyone has authentic motives as she does? Is Bess' naivete a danger to herself or to the colony? Explain.

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