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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 the activist in the Forward say the text is a metaphor for?
(a) The voice of women seeking sexuality.
(b) The voices of many unheard black women.
(c) The voices of the faithless.
(d) The voices of women accused of being witches.

2. At sunrise, what does Tituba sacrifice?
(a) A cat.
(b) A cow.
(c) A sheep.
(d) A horse.

3. Who does Tituba hear humming her poem?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Parris.
(c) Abigail.
(d) Betsey.

4. Where does the ship to America end up placing Tituba?
(a) Jamestown.
(b) Salem.
(c) Boston.
(d) New York.

5. How does the author describe Tituba's spiritualism?
(a) Judaism.
(b) Voodoo.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Mysticism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Abigail throw a fit that Betsey does not?

2. Who teaches Tituba about herbs?

3. How was Abena executed?

4. What is the result of the bath Tituba gives to Betsey?

5. Tituba's story is intended to be perceived in what way?

Short Essay Questions

1. What topic does Scarboro discuss in the Afterword, and why?

2. How does Tituba feel when she dies?

3. Why does Benjamin want Tituba to stay with him?

4. What role do children play in Tituba's life?

5. Why was the rabbit Iphigene gave Tituba symbolic?

6. Does Tituba forgive the Parris family? Why or why not?

7. Why is Tituba wary about relationships?

8. Describe Hester's thoughts about revenge.

9. Why does Tituba intentionally miscarry her child?

10. What prediction can you make for Tituba based on the Parris family beginning to distrust her?

(see the answer keys)

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