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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 theme does John represent?

2. Which adjective best describes the Parris family home in Salem?

3. A girls asks Tituba if she is which of the following?

4. What is John's faith?

5. The woman who owns sheep alludes to which event?

Short Essay Questions

1. What power does Tituba desire?

2. Why is Tituba wary about relationships?

3. Why was the group of Maroons bad for Tituba?

4. What does an escapee say the reason is for the Salem Witch Trials?

5. Describe the captain on the ship that takes Tituba back to Barbados.

6. What is significant about the fits Abigail and Betsey have?

7. Describe the primary thematic concern in the text.

8. What does love typically bring for Tituba?

9. Why does Tituba reject support from Elizabeth Proctor?

10. What role does Hester play in Tituba's dreams?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Tituba's death illuminate mother-daughter relationships?

Essay Topic 2

What purpose does the Afterword serve? How does it alter the reader's opinion? Make an argument for why the Afterword is necessary or expendable.

Essay Topic 3

Why is love's ambivalence a theme in the text? Who does Tituba have ambivalent relationships with? What do these relationships tell the reader about Tituba?

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