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

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

3. How does Mr. Cruff respond when his daughter reads the Bible in front of the courtroom?
(a) He is proud that she can read.
(b) He is furious that she has been spending time with Kit.
(c) He is ashamed of her.
(d) He is angry that she can read.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What author does Kit discover Nat enjoys reading?

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

3. Where do Kit and Prudence decide to hide the hornbook?

4. How does Matthew react when he learns that Kit has been visiting Hannah?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Rachel give Kit a tart to take to Hannah?

3. How does Kit feel about fixing the roof with Nat?

4. What disturbance happens in Wethersfield on the night of All Hallows Eve?

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

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

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

8. 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?

9. Instead of going to the husking bee, what does John want to do and what is Judith's response to this?

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

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