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

2. How does Tituba describe the Boston home?
(a) Airy.
(b) Dark.
(c) Unassuming.
(d) Playful.

3. John's desire for survival is an example of which literary device?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Irony.

4. Who is presented as the most oppressive type of person?
(a) Slave owners.
(b) Middle-aged white women.
(c) Those who believe in a religious deity.
(d) White male Christians.

5. How does Yao die?
(a) He is hanged after being on trial.
(b) He is shot trying to escape.
(c) He is attacked by an animal.
(d) He commits suicide.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Abena executed?

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

3. Why is Abena executed?

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

5. What does Tituba use on the window sill as a focus for her imaginings?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Tituba's story parallel to Hester's story?

2. Who is Iphigene?

3. How does Tituba try to heal Betsey?

4. What does love typically bring for Tituba?

5. Who is Hester?

6. Why was the rabbit Iphigene gave Tituba symbolic?

7. Compare and contrast the Boston home with Tituba's home in Barbados.

8. Explain the hypocrisy presented in the juxtaposition between Elizabeth Proctor and the woman who tells Tituba to bake a cake with urine.

9. Describe Tituba's parents.

10. What roles do Ann Putnam and Elizabeth Proctor play in Tituba's life?

(see the answer keys)

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