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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 Giles Corey's wife do with books after she reads them?
(a) Reads them again.
(b) Hides them.
(c) Organizes them.
(d) Stacks them.

2. What does Abigail call Elizabeth Proctor when discussing her reputation in Act 1?
(a) A liar.
(b) A sinner.
(c) A whiner.
(d) A martyr.

3. 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 for them to be brought back in irons.
(c) Sends Parris to jail.
(d) Laughs and says that is ridiculous.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. John Proctor scolds Mary at the beginning of Act 1. What has she done that makes him angry?

3. What does Giles claim he was unable to do until his wife stopped reading and left the house?

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

5. Who complains that he/she is living in "poverty"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why could Abigail be considered a mean character?

2. 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?

3. Why did Mrs. Putnam ask Ruth and Tituba to go into the forest?

4. Why was Abigail really fired from being a servant to the Proctors?

5. Abigail and Parris are both concerned about their "reputation" in Salem. Why?

6. Giles asks Hale about his wife's behavior. What is he concerned about?

7. Where is Betty's mother in Act 1?

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

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

10. Why might Mr. Putnam be suspicious of Sarah Good?

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