Salem Witch Trials

When a few Salem girls started having fits, people in the community blamed...?

• witchcraft

• their food

• their parents

• the moon

Tituba was a woman who had shown the girls how to

• cook

• tell fortune's

• make dolls

• cast magic spells

Even though he loved pizza, he was physically unable to eat because his stomach was upset

• in a way having to do with the mind

• he was fit

• in a way having to do with the body

• in a brave way

In the story, the girl used witchcraft to change her enemy into a toad.

• a type of sandwich

• a fear of witches

• fun arts and crafts

• magical powers

Salem community put to death ​ (a)  

• 20 people as witches
• 100 people as witches
• 200 people as witches

In 1692 the Puritans' grain supply

• had a fungus that could have made the girls sick

• was running low so the girls were hungry

• was put under a spell by witches

• fed the whole state.

After the boy acknowledged that he had broken the window, his mother forgave him and then helped him fix it.

• was sent to his room

• admitted having done something

• denied having done something

• became very angry

At the end of the trial, the judge decided that the mad did steal a car and must go to jail.

• a vacation

• a time in college

• a time for hearing arguments to decide whether a charge is true

• the time that someone must spend in jail.

From the statements below, choose the one that you believe the author would agree with.

• Only the people who were put to death were really witches.

• Without a doubt, the girls thought it was fun to call people witches.

• The girls were the witches.

• The people who were called witches did not really cast spells on the girls.

The author probably wrote this article in order to

• tell about a puzzling event from the past.

• get people to never believe the words of kids.

• show how powerful witches can be.

• get people to become witches.