The Witch of Blackbird Pond Chapters 11 - 15

Why doesn’t Prudence’s mother send her to the dame school?

• Goodwife Cruff doesn’t like Mercy.
• It is too far a walk for Prudence.
• Goodwife Cruff doesn’t think Prudence is very intelligent.
• The school doesn’t teach the students to read from the Bible.

What gift did Kit give to Prudence?

• a notebook
• a hornbook
• a spinning wheel
• a flower

“Midsummer heat lay heavily upon the Connecticut Valley.” Which figurative language device is being used here?

• simile
• metaphor
• alliteration
• personification

Which subject is beginning to bore Kit?

• Why Nat Eaton became a sailor.
• The building of William’s house.
• Judith’s feelings for John.
• Matthew’s fondness for farming.

How do you suppose Goodwife Cruff will feel about Kit teaching her daughter to read?

• angry
• proud
• puzzled
• hurt

The fact that Kit is the only one who realized Mercy’s feelings for John proves how ________ Kit is.

• jealous
• melancholy
• kind
• observant

What is the apple tart a symbol of?

• Rachel’s knowledge of Kit’s activities.
• Kit’s generosity toward Prudence.
• Nat’s enormous appetite.
• Matthew’s favorite desert.

Who is the multicolored bird a symbol of?

• Hannah
• Prudence
• Judith
• Kit

Which Shakespeare play did Nat and Kit discuss?

• Romeo and Juliet
• Macbeth
• The Tempest
• Hamlet

Why did Matthew become angry at Kit?

• She was late for breakfast.
• She visited a heretic.
• She went to the ship with Nat.
• She taught Prudence how to read.