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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When John Proctor gets home from seeding the farm, he learns that Mary has been gone all day. Where was she?
(a) In town at the witch trials.
(b) Dancing in the forest.
(c) Hiding in the cellar.
(d) Shopping in a nearby city.

2. Elizabeth asks that no one mention this word to her children. What is it?
(a) Murder.
(b) Death.
(c) Adultery.
(d) Witchcraft.

3. How are the people in the trial "tested" for witchcraft?
(a) If they dance and the kettle moves they are guilty.
(b) If they dance and the kettle is still they are innocent.
(c) If the girls scream, they are jailed.
(d) If they float in a lake, they are innocent.

4. What surprising thing is learned about Elizabeth Proctor in Act 3?
(a) She is having an affair.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She planned to leave John Proctor.
(d) She is really a witch.

5. What does Tituba say she and her "roommate" are doing in the room in Act 4?
(a) Waiting for Hale to bless them.
(b) Waiting for a visit from Abigail.
(c) Waiting for the jailer to set them free.
(d) Waiting for the devil to fly them to Barbados.

6. What is incriminating about the doll found in John Proctor's house toward the end of Act 2?
(a) It has a needle in it and Abigail was found with a needle in her stomach.
(b) A woman of Elizabeth's age shouldn't be playing with dolls.
(c) Elizabeth created the doll as a Voodoo tool.
(d) Mary stuck the doll with a needle in order to hurt Abigail.

7. Early in Act 3, John Proctor hands Danforth something in court. What is it?
(a) The deed to Parris' house.
(b) An arrest warrant.
(c) A kettle with a frog in it.
(d) A signed deposition.

8. When Mary returns from court, in Act 2 she complains about something. What is it?
(a) Illness.
(b) Fatigue.
(c) Helplessness.
(d) A swollen ankle.

9. Who attacks Mary during the Which trial in Act 2?
(a) Abigail.
(b) Goody Osbourne.
(c) Sarah Good.
(d) Rebecca Nurse.

10. Who denounces the court at the end of Act 3?
(a) Parris.
(b) Hale.
(c) Cheever.
(d) Danforth.

11. John Proctor tears something to pieces in Act 2. What is it?
(a) A love note from Abigail.
(b) The arrest warrant.
(c) The newspaper.
(d) The deed to Parris' house.

12. Why didn't Elizabeth stop Mary from leaving the house?
(a) She needed a break from the girl and her silly stories.
(b) She was worried that she might hurt Mary's feelings.
(c) She was afraid of the legal and spiritual consequences.
(d) She wanted to hear what was happening in town.

13. What is Hale doing at the prison in Act 4?
(a) Trying to get the girls to confess to save them from execution.
(b) Trying to convince the girls to admit they lied.
(c) Trying to convince the girls to try to escape with him.
(d) Trying to get the girls to come back to the trials with him.

14. Mary gives Elizabeth a gift after spending all day at court. What is it?
(a) A candied apple.
(b) A doll.
(c) A stuffed bear.
(d) A gavel.

15. In court, Abigail claims that Mary is bewitching her by doing what to her?
(a) Making her shawl move.
(b) Making her shiver, by sending a chill wind.
(c) Making her cold with her icy stare.
(d) Making her shiver by pulling on her shawl.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character is pregnant?

2. Who is the clerk of the court?

3. In the end of Act 3, someone calls John Proctor "the devil's man" and betrays him. Who is it?

4. Who orders John Proctor to be executed despite his confession?

5. Cheever and Herrick arrive at the Proctor's with an arrest warrant. Who is it for?

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