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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. Who teaches Kit how to read?

2. What additional gift does Kit convince Judith to take with the clothes she has already given her?

3. What is the name of the port where Kit first goes ashore on her way to Wethersfield?

4. In Chapter 10, what does Kit tell Mr. Kimberly about the play-acting at the school?

5. What is Kit's initial reaction to Wethersfield?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Matthew's opinion and fear about the coming of the new governor to the Colonies?

2. What does Judith share about the person who lives in the little house near the marshy pond?

3. How do her cousins respond to Kit's inability to do chores?

4. In Chapter 2, what information does the reader learn about Kit's parents?

5. When the guests leave in Chapter 7, what do Mercy and Judith share with Kit and how does this make her feel?

6. What causes a tense moment between Dr. Bulkeley and Matthew while they are dining together at the Woods' house after prayer meeting?

7. How is the town of Saybrook described?

8. How does Judith respond when Rachel suggests that she share her bed with Kit?

9. What different work activities does Kit try her hand at in Chapter 4 and how does she handle them?

10. How does Kit feel when William Ashby comes to court her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Please explain the process that Kit goes through in adapting to her new life in Wethersfield. Give a general overview of her adjustment to the life there, from her arrival to the final chapter in the novel. What are some ways Kit is successful in adjusting to Wethersfield? What are some ways Kit is unsuccessful or unwilling to adapt?

Essay Topic 2

Please define the role of the "protagonist" and "antagonist" in a literary work. Describe one protagonist and one antagonist in "The Witch of Blackbird Pond." Note what makes them either the protagonist or antagonist, their relationship each other, and provide at least one clear example in which the protagonist and antagonist interact in a contentious situation.

Essay Topic 3

Please note who the main character is in "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" and list at least four minor characters and their roles in the story. How do these characters contribute to the story? Why are they included?

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