Half Hanged Mary

Half Hanged Mary's real name was

• Mary Webster

• Mary Hadley

• Mary Atwood

• Mary Putnam

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Who wrote the poem Half Hanged Mary?

• Anne Bradstreet

• William Bradford

• Margaret Atwood

• Myles Standish

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Which of the following made Mary a target for being accused of witchcraft? Select more than one! (According to the poem and not necessarily history)

• living alone

• owning her farm

• a cure for warts

• sick livestock

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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Who are the "bonnets"?

• the young girls who accused her

• the wives of the men who accused her

• those who watched her hanging

• her daughter and her friends

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Why were the women unable to help her as she was hanging?

• they didn't have a shawl for her

• they risked being accused of witchcraft

• they didn't like her because she has cursed them

• they had no food to spare

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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CCSS.RL.11-12.12

Mary argues with God about ......

• guilt

• being a woman

• free will

• her hanging

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