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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is there to comfort Judith when there is no news of John Holbrook's fate as a militiaman?
(a) William.
(b) Kit.
(c) Peter.
(d) Mr. Rogers.

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

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

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

6. Who is the thin, bedraggled man who suddenly shows up at the Woods' door one winter night?
(a) John.
(b) Nat.
(c) Mr. Kimberley.
(d) Thomas.

7. Who comes into town with reports from the militia?
(a) Two militiamen.
(b) Nat.
(c) The governor.
(d) Matthew.

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

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

10. Where does Nat think to take Hannah to keep her safe?
(a) On his boat to Barbados.
(b) To England.
(c) To a new colony called Florida.
(d) To stay with his grandmother.

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

12. How does Matthew react when he learns that Kit has been visiting Hannah?
(a) He is angry but eventually understands.
(b) He is happy that she has been visiting her.
(c) He is angry and forbids her from ever going again.
(d) He is indifferent and does not really care.

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

14. 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 started working for the new governor.
(c) He has given up school to be a sailor.
(d) He has joined the militia to fight the Indians.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What about autumn enchants Kit?

2. What "proof" about Kit is found at Hannah's house?

3. In Chapter 11, what does Kit notice as John Holbrook reads aloud to the group in the Woods' house?

4. What does Kit realize one day as she watches her uncle gazing at his land?

5. Now that there is a new governor in Connecticut, what will increase?

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