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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the poem in Chapter 8?
(a) Desire to Say Goodbye.
(b) Lament for My Lost Child.
(c) Eagerness for Another Soul.
(d) Sorrow for Our Losses.

2. Elizabeth finds Tituba's talk about sex to be which of the following?
(a) Distasteful.
(b) Sinful.
(c) Helpful.
(d) Funny.

3. Who is presented as the most oppressive type of person?
(a) White male Christians.
(b) Middle-aged white women.
(c) Slave owners.
(d) Those who believe in a religious deity.

4. Which members of the Parris family have been having fits?
(a) Abigail and Betsey.
(b) Abigail.
(c) Abigail, Elizabeth, and Betsey.
(d) Betsey and Elizabeth.

5. Who warns Tituba about getting revenge?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Yaya.
(c) John Indian.
(d) Betsey.

6. What does the activist in the Forward say the text is a metaphor for?
(a) The voice of women seeking sexuality.
(b) The voices of many unheard black women.
(c) The voices of the faithless.
(d) The voices of women accused of being witches.

7. What theme does John represent?
(a) The ambivalence of love.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Compassion found in religion.
(d) Discrimination.

8. Who tells Tituba that she will survive?
(a) The woman who owns the sheep.
(b) Elizabeth Parris.
(c) Elizabeth Proctor.
(d) Yaya.

9. What relationship does Maryse Conde claim to have with Tituba?
(a) Tituba has no relationship with her because she is dead.
(b) Tituba talks to her.
(c) Tituba is a part of her.
(d) Tituba disapproves of her work.

10. How does the author describe Tituba's spiritualism?
(a) Voodoo.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Mysticism.
(d) Judaism.

11. Tituba wants to be seen in which way?
(a) Compassionate.
(b) Eager.
(c) Faithful.
(d) Strong.

12. Tituba believes that which of John's characteristics is a good balance for her own moodiness?
(a) Survival skills.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Playfulness.
(d) Anger.

13. How does Tituba feel about Christianity?
(a) It makes her feel more spiritual.
(b) It makes her acknowledge her dark past.
(c) It comforts her.
(d) It makes her uneasy.

14. Who is Betsey?
(a) Elizabeth's sister.
(b) Parris's daughter.
(c) Parris's niece.
(d) Parris's sister.

15. From what point of view is the novel told?
(a) Second person.
(b) Third person limited.
(c) First person.
(d) Third person omniscient.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Abena executed?

2. In what century was Tituba on trial for witchcraft?

3. Tituba's story is intended to be perceived in what way?

4. Which of the following does Tituba not face in Part 1, Chapters 3, 4, and 5?

5. Who is Yao?

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