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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. What happens to the young sailors when they are caught in town?

2. What does Kit realize one day as she watches her uncle gazing at his land?

3. Why does Hannah not want to leave her home at first even though Kit tells her of the angry crowd?

4. What food item does Rachel give to Kit to take to Hannah?

5. Why do the townspeople come to Matthew's door saying they are going to get Hannah?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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 Prudence's parents view her and treat 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. When does corn husking take place and what is done at a corn husking?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Please explain the process that Kit goes through in adapting to her new life in Wethersfield. Give a general overview of her adjustment to the life there, from her arrival to the final chapter in the novel. What are some ways Kit is successful in adjusting to Wethersfield? What are some ways Kit is unsuccessful or unwilling to adapt?

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 explain what the rising action is in a literary novel. Outline the rising action(s) found in "The Witch of Blackbird Pond," and briefly explain what follows the rising action in a novel and what specifically follows the rising action in this story.

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