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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. Not long after John's departure, what happens to Judith?
(a) She realizes that she is in love with someone else.
(b) She comes down with fever.
(c) She states that she does not want to live in the Colony anymore.
(d) She decides to become a nun.

2. Who comes into town with reports from the militia?
(a) Matthew.
(b) Two militiamen.
(c) Nat.
(d) The governor.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who hides the charter from the new governor?

2. What changes in Prudence does the reader see in Chapter 16?

3. How does Mr. Cruff respond when his daughter reads the Bible in front of the courtroom?

4. Where do they lock Kit when she is arrested?

5. Who is left out again from the corn-husking festivities?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What news is brought to town by the militiamen?

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

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

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

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

7. How do Kit and Nat help Hannah stay safe as the mob of angry townspeople come for her?

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. How does Matthew feel when he hears that Andros is now governor of Connecticut?

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

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