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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tituba's identity humiliated by when she is on the ship to America?

2. Tituba claims that slaves viewed whites as which of the following?

3. Who did Yaya claim to communicate with?

4. The activist in the Forward describes the book as which of the following?

5. What bay is the Endicott Plantation situated on?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does love play in Tituba's religion?

2. Why is a theme in the book 'the ambivalence of love'?

3. Describe the primary thematic concern in the text.

4. What is the climax of I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem?

5. Why does Tituba reject support from Elizabeth Proctor?

6. Why does Tituba stop trusting Abigail?

7. Describe Christianity in Salem.

8. How does Tituba feel when her freedom is purchased?

9. Why was the rabbit Iphigene gave Tituba symbolic?

10. What is significant about the fits Abigail and Betsey have?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Tituba's death illuminate mother-daughter relationships?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the defining role children play in Tituba's life. Consider the miscarriage she has as well as the role Betsey and Abigail play in her life.

Essay Topic 3

The description of the Boston home as dark and the Barbados home as airy and light serves to tell the reader more about Tituba. What does the reader learn about Tituba as a result of her descriptions of each of these homes?

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