Half Hanged Mary

Half Hanged Mary's real name was

• Mary Webster

• Mary Hadley

• Mary Atwood

• Mary Putnam

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Who wrote the poem Half Hanged Mary?

• Anne Bradstreet

• William Bradford

• Margaret Atwood

• Myles Standish

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

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

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

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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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

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

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.12

Mary argues with God about ......

• guilt

• being a woman

• free will

• her hanging

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Mary struggles through the night but when the 8 am hour arrives what do the men find when they come to cut her down?

• The woman of the town are gathered around helping Mary.

• The men find that she has died in the night.

• They find a young man taking care of Mary's wounds.

• Mary is still alive and if they did not believe that she was a witch, they are now convinced she is.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

In the 8pm section, there is a metaphor: "Up I go like a windfall in reverse". What do these words mean?

• She was falling out of the tree.

• Mary was hoisted up the tree which is the opposite of leaves falling to the ground.

• She held onto a branch of the tree as the men hoisted her up.

• Mary was stuck to the tree.

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4