The Witch of Blackbird Pond

What is the setting of The Witch of Blackbird Pond?

• England, late 1500's
• Connecticut, late 1600's
• Massachusetts, late 1700's
• West Indies, late 1800's

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Nat jumped into the water

• to get Prudence's doll
• to save Kit
• to show Kit he could swim
• to warn Kit to pretend she couldn't swim

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Kit showed up at her aunt's door with

• seven trunks of fine clothes
• a jug of molasses
• a letter of introduction
• nothing but the clothes on her back

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Kit missed Barbados and found that she enjoyed the sanctuary she found in

• Rachel's kitchen
• the Sunday meeting house
• Goodwife Cruff's garden
• the meadow where Hannah lived

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Kit was dismissed from her teaching job because

• she didn't have the patience to teach
• her students complained that she was a witch
• her students grew unruly while acting out a story from the Bible
• she neglected to use the Bible in her reading class

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

After being fired, Kit ran away and was comforted by Hannah, who fed her and listened to her and told her that "the answer is in________"

• thy heart
• thine eyes
• thy Bible
• the stars

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The main reason Hannah was shunned by others in Wethersfield was that she

• lived alone with a strange cat
• refused to pay her taxes 
• practiced a different religion
• had a birthmark on her forehead

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

William Ashby originally came to call on Kit because

• he wanted an excuse to see Judith
• he was interested in Kit's money
• he was attracted by Kit's appearance
• he wanted a wife who dared to speak her mind

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Prudence learned to read by

• going to the dame school
• listening to her mother read the Bible
• taking secret lessons from Kit
• reading adventure stories with Nat

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Kit gave Prudence a

• dress and cap
• doll and wooden boat
• kitten and piece of cake
• hornbook and copybook

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9