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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. How does Kit's trial end?
2. What animal do the townspeople think Hannah has turned herself into in order to escape?
3. What does Kit confide to Hannah when she brings her Nat's gift?
4. What happens to the young sailors when they are caught in town?
5. Who is the thin, bedraggled man who suddenly shows up at the Woods' door one winter night?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Prudence do and say in Kit's favor during her trial?
2. What plan do Kit and Prudence undertake to teach Prudence to read?
3. How does Matthew feel when he hears that Andros is now governor of Connecticut?
4. What happens to Judith soon after John's departure for the militia? What then happens to Mercy and many others in town?
5. What disturbance happens in Wethersfield on the night of All Hallows Eve?
6. Why do the townspeople come to arrest Kit and what "proof" do they claim to have to support their arrest?
7. What decisions does Governor Andros come to in Chapter 15 regarding land? What are the settlers' feelings about this?
8. What charges are brought against Kit at her trial? What is the punishment for these charges?
9. Why does Rachel give Kit a tart to take to Hannah?
10. Instead of going to the husking bee, what does John want to do and what is Judith's response to this?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Please explain Kit's view of slavery and where her view comes from. Compare and contrast this with the Wethersfield view of slavery. Initially, how do you think Kit's view of slavery affects her view of hard manual labor? What is her view of doing work at the beginning of the book? How it is at the end?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Define the act of characterization in a novel and its importance. Please choose one character from the novel and explain how the author uses characterization in relation to this character.
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