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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 complications does Bess experience with the birth of her child?

2. What happens when Will Hallet arrives to see Bess?

3. Where do Will and Bess now live?

4. Where do Will and Bess live now?

5. How do the Feakes children manage to stay well during this winter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bess' life change dramatically for Bess in Chapter 16?

2. What is the symbolism of Bess' new home in Watertown?

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

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

5. What are some of the underlying reasons for the witchcraft hysteria running rampant in the colony?

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

7. How does Bess meet up again with Will Hallet?

8. What does Bess do when she and Will are accused of adultery and are about to be parted forever?

9. How does Bess disrupt Thomas' attempt to take her land away from her in the name of Robert Feake?

10. Where do Will, Bess and the children settle into a new home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the wedding between Robert Feake and Bess. What is the symbolism in the joyless ceremony? What could Bess expect from married life after such a somber beginning? Why did Bess go through with the marriage in spite of her distaste for Feake?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the feelings the Winthrop family must have experienced when they hear reports that people in the New World want to return to England? Do you think they voiced their concerns to John Winthrop? To each other? What trepidation must each one of them experienced? How was Bess' experience different from Margaret's? What would have happened to them if they had refused to board the ship?

Essay Topic 3

Bess had originally loved her cousin, Jack, at the beginning of the book yet she married his brother, Harry. Explain Bess' hesitancy to declare her true feelings for Jack when it could have made a difference. Why would Bess settle for Harry when she did not love him? Explain the impact of making important life decisions when a person is too immature or caught up in the excitement of a fleeting feeling. How would Bess' life had changed if she had voiced her love for Jack early in the story?

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