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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the young sailors when they are caught in town?
(a) They are put in the stocks.
(b) They are congratulated for their good joke.
(c) They are chastised and told to pray.
(d) They are asked to leave the town.

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

3. What does Prudence come to the courtroom to do?
(a) To do nothing but cry.
(b) To encourage Kit with her presence.
(c) To testify on Kit's behalf.
(d) To yell at her mother for being cruel.

4. Who is governor of the Connecticut Colony by Chapter 15?
(a) Andros.
(b) The reverend.
(c) None of the above.
(d) Sir Charles.

5. What does Judith announce as they are working to husk corn?
(a) That she is going to make John propose.
(b) That she never wants to marry.
(c) That she is in love with Nat.
(d) That she is in love with William.

6. What rumor does Nat hear when he returns with the Dolphin to Wethersfield?
(a) That William is already married.
(b) That William has decided to move to England.
(c) That William plans on marrying Kit.
(d) That William has been branded a Quaker.

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

8. Now that there is a new governor in Connecticut, what will increase?
(a) The amount of land each colonists owns.
(b) Political freedom.
(c) Taxes.
(d) Religious freedom.

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

10. When Kit arrives at her aunt's house, what disturbing news does she hear about John Holbrook?
(a) He has decided that he too loves Kit.
(b) He has joined the militia to fight the Indians.
(c) He has given up school to be a sailor.
(d) He has started working for the new governor.

11. What cargo is Nat's ship carrying in Chapter 14?
(a) English glass.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Horses.

12. It is summer; what little anonymous gift has Kit been receiving?
(a) Drawings.
(b) Paper dolls.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Pretty pebbles.

13. What does Nat insist on doing after dinner at Hannah's?
(a) Playing a game of cards.
(b) Having dessert.
(c) Reading out loud.
(d) Walking Kit home.

14. Where do Kit and Prudence decide to hide the hornbook?
(a) Under the pews in the Meeting House.
(b) Hannah's house.
(c) William's house.
(d) Under Kit's bed.

15. What does John think when he hears that Kit has been visiting Hannah?
(a) He confesses that he has been visiting her too.
(b) He disapproves but thinks Hannah is a good person.
(c) He disapproves and thinks Hannah is a witch.
(d) He congratulates her on being so kind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is left out again from the corn-husking festivities?

2. How does Mr. Cruff respond when his daughter reads the Bible in front of the courtroom?

3. What do some rowdy sailors put in the windows of the house William is building?

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

5. Who is there to comfort Judith when there is no news of John Holbrook's fate as a militiaman?

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