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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Nat doing when Kit arrives at Hannah's in Chapter 12?
(a) Making candles.
(b) Fixing the roof.
(c) Gardening.
(d) Helping to build a fence.

2. When do the settlers get together to husk the corn?
(a) Every Easter.
(b) After the harvest.
(c) In the autumn.
(d) After Lent.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. What about autumn enchants Kit?
(a) The leaves falling.
(b) The many changing colors.
(c) The thoughts of snow coming soon.
(d) The coming holidays.

Short Answer Questions

1. With the coming of winter, what is Kit's emotional state?

2. What animal do the townspeople think Hannah has turned herself into in order to escape?

3. What rumor does Nat hear when he returns with the Dolphin to Wethersfield?

4. What does Nat insist on doing after dinner at Hannah's?

5. Why do the townspeople want to arrest Kit?

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