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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 Susana claim Dr. Griggs thinks might be the cause of Betty's illness?
(a) Supernatural causes.
(b) Influenza.
(c) Hysteria.
(d) Ghosts.

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 being mean to her.
(b) She accuses him of not wanting to support her.
(c) She accuses him of hitting her.
(d) She accuses him of trying to kill her.

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

4. Who suggests that Parris deny the rumor of witchcraft?
(a) Mary.
(b) Abigail.
(c) Mercy.
(d) Tituba.

5. In what room are psalms being sung in Act 1?
(a) The parlor.
(b) The living room.
(c) The den.
(d) The kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Betty wake from her trance to do?

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

3. What two things does Tituba say the devil claimed he would give her if she did what he asked?

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

5. What character in Act 1 could be called a hypocrite?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Is Parris really living in poverty?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe John Proctor.

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

10. 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?

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