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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the school that Mercy teaches the young children?

2. After service, Dr. Bulkeley and who else are invited to the Woods' for dinner?

3. Who teaches Kit how to read?

4. What is the religion of Kit's relatives in Wethersfield?

5. How does Kit feel about her first prayer meeting?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Kit first arrives in Wethersfield?

2. What causes a tense moment between Dr. Bulkeley and Matthew while they are dining together at the Woods' house after prayer meeting?

3. How does Matthew react when he sees the dresses Kit has given his daughters?

4. How does Kit's aunt receive her niece?

5. What leisure activity is John shocked to discover Kit does and why is he shocked?

6. What is the reaction Kit receives when she jumps into the water to rescue the dropped doll?

7. What special prayer does the revered make in the next prayer service and what is Kit's opinion of this?

8. What story does Kit share with her relatives when she first arrives, telling them how she came to be penniless?

9. Who in the community and in the Wood family is expected to go to prayer meeting?

10. How does the author describe Kit's relatives?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define narrative voice and the three most common types of narrative mode. What narrative mode is used in this novel? Please state whether or not you agree with the narrative mode the author uses in this novel and why.

Essay Topic 2

Please describe Kit's first interaction with Hannah. What is Kit's initial reaction to Hannah? How does Kit's view and opinion of Hannah change in the course of their first meeting? Throughout the novel? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Please define conflict in the literary sense. Outline the main conflict in "The Witch at Blackbird Pond," and use at least three examples that support your view of what the main conflict is.

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