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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What holiday does the new governor decide to change the date of?
(a) The winter solstice.
(b) Halloween.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) Christmas.

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

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

5. What does William's response to Kit's trial make her realize?
(a) That she hates the sight of him.
(b) That she is completely in love with him.
(c) That she likes him enough to marry him.
(d) That she cannot depend on him.

6. What changes in Prudence does the reader see in Chapter 16?
(a) She has grown very tall.
(b) There really are no changes.
(c) She is now a happy and confident girl.
(d) She is very sick.

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. 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.

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

15. 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 too stupid to learn to read.
(d) That she is the smartest girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to the Woods' house to help with Mercy in Chapter 17?

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

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

4. How does the first snowfall of winter affect Kit?

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

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