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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. Who is Dr. Bulkeley?

2. Who hands out new concessions of land grants?

3. In Chapter 7, what do Mercy and Judith tell Kit when the guests are gone?

4. What type of political outlook does Kit's grandfather adhere to?

5. What do the schoolmaster and the reverend do when they come into the class and see the children playing make-believe?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the new people that Kit meets after prayer meeting?

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

3. Who are the Cruffs?

4. What information does Judith share with Kit about the Great Meadow?

5. How does Judith respond when Rachel suggests that she share her bed with Kit?

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

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

8. What do the inspectors do after they are angered by what they see at the dame school?

9. How do her cousins respond to Kit's inability to do chores?

10. How is the town of Saybrook described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Religion is mentioned throughout the novel. Please explain why religion is such an important topic throughout the novel and the effect it has on the story and its characters. Please use specific examples from the novel to support your argument.

Essay Topic 2

Please define the role of the "protagonist" and "antagonist" in a literary work. Describe one protagonist and one antagonist in "The Witch of Blackbird Pond." Note what makes them either the protagonist or antagonist, their relationship each other, and provide at least one clear example in which the protagonist and antagonist interact in a contentious situation.

Essay Topic 3

Explain what scapegoats are and what purpose they serve. Who becomes a scapegoat in this novel? What circumstances lead to them becoming a scapegoat and who is making them a scapegoat?

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