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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 theme does John represent?
(a) Discrimination.
(b) The ambivalence of love.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Compassion found in religion.

2. A town matron tells Tituba to bake a cake with what in it?
(a) Spit.
(b) Feces.
(c) Beef.
(d) Urine.

3. Tituba and the two girls witness what kind of execution in the streets?
(a) Shooting.
(b) Beating.
(c) Hanging.
(d) Burning.

4. The man who visits Ms. Endicott looks like which figure, according to Tituba?
(a) God.
(b) Satan.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Santa Claus.

5. What is John's faith?
(a) Mormon.
(b) Voodoo.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Christianity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maryse Conde claim to sense strongly, which helped her to write this book?

2. Who does Ms. Endicott begin to plot against?

3. What is the name of the woman who claims to be acquainted with Yaya?

4. Yaya tells Tituba that which adjective describes all black people?

5. Who warns Tituba about getting revenge?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Tituba's view of Christianity.

2. Why does Conde dismiss The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter?

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

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

5. Why does Tituba stop trusting Abigail?

6. How does Tituba tend to feel about other women?

7. What role does spirituality play in Conde's writing?

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

9. Describe Hester's thoughts about revenge.

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

(see the answer keys)

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