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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Toward the end of Act 1, Betty wakes from her trance-like state and calls out for someone. Who is it?
(a) Abigail.
(b) Her dead mother.
(c) Parris.
(d) The devil.

2. What does John Proctor threaten to do to Mary if she doesn't go back to work?
(a) Kill her.
(b) Fire her.
(c) Whip her.
(d) Ground her.

3. What convinces Hale that the supernatural is involved, and the girls weren't just dancing?
(a) Parris says he saw a naked figure disappear into the forest.
(b) Mrs. Putnam says seven of her children died at birth.
(c) Mrs. Putnam says Sarah Good was her midwife.
(d) Parris says he saw something moving in the kettle.

4. At the beginning of Act 2, Elizabeth is upset with her husband. Why?
(a) He told Abigail to come to dinner.
(b) He was alone with Abigail.
(c) He gave Abigail a gift.
(d) He was late for dinner.

5. Hale asks if these two men's children are "stricken" as well. Their children are not ill. Who are they?
(a) Cheever and Danforth.
(b) Giles and John Proctor.
(c) Mr. Putnam and John Proctor.
(d) Mr. Putnam and Parris.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Abigail?

2. What does Abigail say she does for John Proctor every night?

3. When John Proctor insults Parris in Act 1, who asks him to take it back?

4. Mary gives Elizabeth a gift after spending all day at court. What is it?

5. Where are Abigail's parents?

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