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

2. How does Matthew react when he learns that Kit has been visiting Hannah?
(a) He is indifferent and does not really care.
(b) He is angry and forbids her from ever going again.
(c) He is angry but eventually understands.
(d) He is happy that she has been visiting her.

3. What does Nat insist on doing after dinner at Hannah's?
(a) Reading out loud.
(b) Playing a game of cards.
(c) Walking Kit home.
(d) Having dessert.

4. Now that there is a new governor in Connecticut, what will increase?
(a) Taxes.
(b) Political freedom.
(c) The amount of land each colonists owns.
(d) Religious freedom.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is governor of the Connecticut Colony by Chapter 15?

2. Why does Prudence's mother think of her?

3. How does Kit's trial end?

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

5. Not long after John's departure, what happens to Judith?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What charges are brought against Kit at her trial? What is the punishment for these charges?

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

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