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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. Yaya tells Tituba that which adjective describes all black people?
(a) Disappointed.
(b) Angry.
(c) Tough.
(d) Lost.

2. Who is Abena?
(a) Tituba's aunt.
(b) Tituba's adopted mother.
(c) Tituba's father.
(d) Tituba's mother.

3. How does Conde portray Christianity?
(a) Corrupt.
(b) Intense.
(c) Humiliating.
(d) Innocent.

4. What relationship do Tituba and Elizabeth begin to have?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Enemies.
(c) Strangers.
(d) Confidantes.

5. What does Tituba fear?
(a) Falling in love.
(b) Information will be used against her.
(c) Having children.
(d) She will lose her faith.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what point of view is the novel told?

2. The man who visits Ms. Endicott looks like which figure, according to Tituba?

3. What is Ms. Endicott's first name?

4. Who tells Tituba that all blacks face misfortune?

5. What cycle does the text refer to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What power does Tituba desire?

2. Conde makes the point that love cannot withstand what element?

3. What identities does Tituba try to retain?

4. How are derogatory words used to describe Tituba significant? Is it appropriate for Conde to include these racial slurs in the book?

5. What piece of literature is Hester taken from?

6. What kind of relationship do Hester and Tituba have?

7. Why is I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem a mock-epic?

8. What does love typically bring for Tituba?

9. Describe the captain on the ship that takes Tituba back to Barbados.

10. According to Tituba, what does Christianity do?

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