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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who tries to defend Kit in court?
(a) Mercy.
(b) Matthew.
(c) William.
(d) Judith.

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

5. Why does Hannah not want to leave her home at first even though Kit tells her of the angry crowd?
(a) Because she is afraid of being far away from her house.
(b) Because Quakers do not run.
(c) Because she does not believe Kit at first.
(d) Because she has nowhere to go.

6. How does Mr. Cruff respond when his daughter reads the Bible in front of the courtroom?
(a) He is proud that she can read.
(b) He is ashamed of her.
(c) He is furious that she has been spending time with Kit.
(d) He is angry that she can read.

7. What author does Kit discover Nat enjoys reading?
(a) Shelley.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Poe.
(d) Wadworth.

8. Where do they lock Kit when she is arrested?
(a) In a cell at the local jailhouse.
(b) In a shed at the constable's house.
(c) In the stocks in the center of town.
(d) In the basement of the Meeting House.

9. Not long after John's departure, what happens to Judith?
(a) She comes down with fever.
(b) She states that she does not want to live in the Colony anymore.
(c) She realizes that she is in love with someone else.
(d) She decides to become a nun.

10. Why do the townspeople want to arrest Kit?
(a) They think Hannah has left her to continue her work.
(b) They have decide they do not like people from Barbados.
(c) They know that she has helped Hannah escape.
(d) They are against all newcomers now.

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

12. How does Kit's trial end?
(a) She is warmly apologized to by Mrs. Cruff and the community.
(b) She is acquitted of all charges.
(c) She is sentenced to the stocks.
(d) She is officially labeled a witch.

13. How does Nat speak to Kit when the Dolphin returns to Wethersfield?
(a) He is very friendly.
(b) He speaks to her sarcastically.
(c) He is rather silly and joking.
(d) He speaks to her in a loving manner.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the young sailors when they are caught in town?

2. Where does Nat think to take Hannah to keep her safe?

3. What changes in Prudence does the reader see in Chapter 16?

4. How do Prudence and Hannah respond to each other?

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

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