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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are those individuals called who are against the rule of the king in the colonies?
(a) Puritans.
(b) Democrats.
(c) Anti-royalists.
(d) Libertarians.

2. What does Kit realize one day as she watches her uncle gazing at his land?
(a) How much her uncle reminds her of her father.
(b) How hard he has had to fight for it.
(c) How much she dislikes her uncle.
(d) How similiar her uncle and Mercy look.

3. What is the punishment for all of Kit's so-called crimes?
(a) Two years in prison.
(b) Excommunication.
(c) Death.
(d) Lashing.

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

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

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

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

8. What food item does Rachel give to Kit to take to Hannah?
(a) A jug of milk.
(b) A tart.
(c) Cornbread.
(d) A sandwich.

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

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

11. 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.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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