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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. Who complains that he/she is living in "poverty"?
(a) Abigail.
(b) Parris.
(c) Hale.
(d) Rebecca Nurse.

2. When Hale first enters, who helps him with the things he is carrying?
(a) Mary Warren.
(b) Tituba.
(c) Rebecca Nurse.
(d) Parris.

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

4. What does Abigail claim John Proctor freed her from?
(a) Her moral shackles.
(b) A well she fell into when she was little.
(c) Salem's false piety.
(d) Work as a servant.

5. When Susan leaves the Parris household she is asked a favor. What is it?
(a) She is asked not to mention the supernatural.
(b) She is asked to close the door behind her.
(c) She is asked to bring the doctor for a second opinion.
(d) Shis asked to pray for Betty.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Abigail tell Parris that she and the girls where doing in the woods?

3. Mrs. Putnam suggests in Act 1 that Parris be the first to announce this in Salem. What is it?

4. What is Mary afraid will happen to her and her friends if they are found guilty of witchcraft?

5. How much money does Parris get each year to buy firewood?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why could Abigail be considered a mean character?

2. Giles tells Hale that John Proctor doesn't believe in witches. What is John Proctor's response?

3. Rebecca suggests that they put their faith in "God and the doctor." Why is this an ironic statement?

4. Why might John Proctor not attend Parris' sermons?

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

6. Who probably has the most rights to the firewood, John Proctor or Mr. Putnam?

7. Rebecca Nurse makes a snide comment to Mrs. Putnam before she leaves Parris' home to go home. What is it and what is she implying?

8. 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?

9. When Reverend Hale first arrives, he enters Parris' home carrying something. What is he carrying and why would the author choose this object for this character?

10. Describe John Proctor.

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