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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In response to the new governor, what are some of the colonists calling for?
(a) A peaceful protest.
(b) A week of fasting.
(c) An armed rebellion.
(d) A petition to be signed stating they do not want the governor.

2. Why do the townspeople come to Matthew's door saying they are going to get Hannah?
(a) Because they saw her being a witch.
(b) Because they think she is in league with the enemy.
(c) Because they need someone to pick on.
(d) Because they think she has caused the fever.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kit confess to Nat?

2. What does John think when he hears that Kit has been visiting Hannah?

3. When do the settlers get together to husk the corn?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Prudence do and say in Kit's favor during her trial?

2. Where is Kit taken when she is arrested and who comes to visit her?

3. What plan do Kit and Prudence undertake to teach Prudence to read?

4. How do Prudence's parents view her and treat her?

5. When Kit goes to the Dolphin to see Nat , what item does he ask her to take to Hannah and why can't he do it?

6. What decisions does Governor Andros come to in Chapter 15 regarding land? What are the settlers' feelings about this?

7. After the trial, what realizations do William and Kit come to regarding their potential marriage?

8. What happens to Judith soon after John's departure for the militia? What then happens to Mercy and many others in town?

9. When does corn husking take place and what is done at a corn husking?

10. How does Nat treat Kit when the Dolphin comes back to dock in the autumn and why does he do this?

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