Crucible Act One Reading Check

What is the setting of Act One?

• the woods at night
• Salem, Massachusetts 
• Reverend Parris' house
• John Proctor's farm

What fact is not associated with the events in the woods the night before the play starts? 

• John Proctor watched Abigail
• the girls were dancing around a fire
• Tituba, the slave, led the kids
• Abigail Williams drank a charm

Which character is too scared to wake up? 

• Betty Parris
• Abigail Williams
• John Proctor
• Ruth Proctor

Which word best describes Reverend Parris? 

• opinionated
• cruel
• egotistic
• confused

Why was Abigail fired from the Proctor's? 

• she had an affair with John
• she abused the children
• she disliked Elizabeth
• she was lazy

What is afflicting the Putnam's?

• witchcraft
• the death of their stillborn children
• anger against Reverend Parris
• confusion about the current laws

Which answer option does not describe Mary Warren? 

• Abigail Williams' best friend
• a worker at John Proctor's farm
• a teen in Salem
• the daughter of Reverend Parris

What do John and Abigail discuss in Act One? 

• the rumors against Reverend Parris in Salem
• their affair
• the dangers of dancing in the woods
• what may be wrong with the teen girls in the village

Why do the villagers run up to Betty's room during the conversation between Abigail and John? 

• they hear Betty screaming
• they decide to pull the devil out of her
• they realize that John and Abigail are alone
• they follow Tituba into the house

Why was Betty screaming? 

• she was scared of the witches in town
• she was confused and upset
• she was upset by the conversation between John and Abigail
• she saw the ghost of her mama in corner