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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 is Gookin’s title?

2. What was Goody Cloyse doing when something was stolen from her?

3. What color is the thing that floats down to Brown after hearing his wife?

4. What does the man in the forest make his staff out of?

5. Who has the man in the forest’s old staff?

Short Essay Questions

1. What shows Brown that his wife is in danger?

2. Where does Brown first see his wife in the forest?

3. How does Brown know Goody Cloyse?

4. What strange thing does Brown notice when the staff is replaced?

5. Why does Brown feel the way he does about seeing Goody Cloyse in the forest?

6. Why does Goody Cloyse mention wolfsbane?

7. How does Brown get to the gathering?

8. What does Goody Cloyse complain to the man in the forest about?

9. How does the man in the forest replace his staff?

10. What do we learn about the man in the forest from Goody Cloyse?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Colors are mentioned a number of times in the book. What are some of these colors, and what significance do they have?

Essay Topic 2

The man in the forest knows some of Brown’s family members. Who does he know connected with Brown, and how?

Essay Topic 3

Hawthorne presents the idea that there are 2 sides to every man. Choose 3 of the characters from the book and write about their dual natures and how this duality affected the characters around them.

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