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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Abigail threaten to do to the girls if they admit to more than dancing?
(a) She will run away.
(b) She will kill them.
(c) She will tell on them.
(d) She will beat them.

2. When Parris and Abigail argue about her time at the Proctor house, she accuses Parris of something. What is it?
(a) She accuses him of not wanting to support her.
(b) She accuses him of being mean to her.
(c) She accuses him of trying to kill her.
(d) She accuses him of hitting her.

3. Who has heard that Hale has a "reputation for rationality" and tells him so?
(a) Mr. Putnam.
(b) Parris.
(c) Giles.
(d) John Proctor.

4. Hale is embarrassed by a compliment on his rationality. Which character gives him the compliment?
(a) Parris.
(b) Rebecca.
(c) Abigail.
(d) John Proctor.

5. When the girls list the other names of people they've seen with the devil, what does Hale do?
(a) Issues a death warrant.
(b) Sends Parris to jail.
(c) Sends for them to be brought back in irons.
(d) Laughs and says that is ridiculous.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Hale first enters, who helps him with the things he is carrying?

2. Who asks Rebecca Nurse to treat his daughter?

3. What does Abigail say is wrong with Betty, when explaining her own actions to Parris?

4. Where does this play take place?

5. How old is Abigail?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is Parris's main concern only for his daughter's health?

2. According to whom would Betty's scream be evidence of witchcraft and why?

3. Describe John Proctor.

4. Why do John Proctor and Mr. Putnam not like one another?

5. Parris asks Hale to come to Salem to figure out why the Betty and Ruth are sick. Why does he call Hale and not another doctor?

6. Why could Abigail be considered a mean character?

7. To what extent is Betty really sick?

8. Why does Abigail threaten Betty and Tituba with death?

9. Mercy Lewis tells Parris that she thinks that Ruth is feeling better near the end of Act 1. What gives her the idea that she is on the mend?

10. There is a disagreement about the kettle in the forest. Who disagrees and what about?

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