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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Kit's response when William proposes?
(a) She admits that she is still unsure
(b) She says yes right away.
(c) She says nothing and runs away.
(d) She says no right away.

2. Why does Prudence's mother think of her?
(a) That she is the smartest girl.
(b) That she is too stupid to learn to read.
(c) That she can do anything she puts her mind to.
(d) That she can learn if she tries and works hard.

3. Where does Prudence meet with Kit to learn to read?
(a) The library.
(b) The Great Meadow.
(c) The Meeting House.
(d) The Woods' house.

4. Who is left out again from the corn-husking festivities?
(a) Matthew.
(b) Kit.
(c) Mercy.
(d) Judith.

5. What does Kit confess to Nat?
(a) She is not treated well.
(b) She hates her family.
(c) She is not really happy.
(d) She is in love with William.

6. Who leads the party that has come to arrest Kit?
(a) Mr. Holbrook.
(b) William.
(c) Mr. Kimberley.
(d) Mrs. Cruff.

7. Who comes to visit Kit when she is locked away as a prisoner?
(a) William Ashby.
(b) Nat.
(c) Her aunt Rachel.
(d) Hannah.

8. Who comes to the Woods' house to help with Mercy in Chapter 17?
(a) Hannah.
(b) The governor.
(c) John Holbrook.
(d) Dr. Bulkeley.

9. When Matthew initially hears of the townspeople trying to go after Hannah, how does he respond?
(a) He is too worried about his daughter to care.
(b) He tries to dissuade them.
(c) He tells them to do what they think is best, but he will not join.
(d) He decides to join them.

10. Whom does John tell Kit he is in love with?
(a) Kit.
(b) Hannah.
(c) Judith.
(d) Mercy.

11. What animal do the townspeople think Hannah has turned herself into in order to escape?
(a) A rat.
(b) A crow.
(c) A snake.
(d) A spider.

12. How do Prudence and Hannah respond to each other?
(a) They tolerate each other.
(b) They hate each other.
(c) They are wary of each other and take a long time to grow on each other.
(d) They take to each other immediately.

13. What does the act of hiding the charter mean to the king?
(a) It is initially disrespectful to the king but nothing more.
(b) The king does not consider it anything worth worrying about.
(c) It is an act showing support for the king.
(d) It is an act of serious insubordination.

14. Who hides the charter from the new governor?
(a) Matthew.
(b) Nat.
(c) Kit.
(d) William.

15. What crimes is Kit charged with at her trial?
(a) Dealing with Satan.
(b) Helping a witch escape.
(c) Playing make-believe with children.
(d) Bringing fever down on the children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Prudence come to the courtroom to do?

2. What does Kit confide to Hannah when she brings her Nat's gift?

3. When Kit arrives at her aunt's house, what disturbing news does she hear about John Holbrook?

4. What is Nat doing when Kit arrives at Hannah's in Chapter 12?

5. Why does Hannah not want to leave her home at first even though Kit tells her of the angry crowd?

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