The Witch of Blackbird Pond/Vocab Test

What is the setting of The Witch of Blackbird Pond?

• England, late 1500s

• Connecticut, late 1600s

• Massachusetts, late 1700s

• West Indies, late 1800s

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Nat jumped in 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

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

When asked to do chores, Kit

• resented doing what she considered slave's work

• refused to do anything that might dirty her clothes

• enjoyed demonstrating the skills she had learned in Barbados

• found that she enjoyed working with her hands

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

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

Tags

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

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

Tags

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1