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Review for The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is the setting of the story?

a)

Salem, Massachusetts

b)

Wethersfield, Connecticut Colony

c)

Chicago, Illinois

d)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2.

What negative effect occurred because Kit helped Prudance?

a)

Kit almost drowned.

b)

The girl became frightened of Kit.

c)

Kit’s actions made the others suspicious of her.

d)

Kit lost her shoes.

3.

Why didn’t Kit let her relatives know that she was coming?

a)

She didn’t have any money to purchase a postage stamp.

b)

She never learned how to write in Barbados.

c)

She thought it would be a wonderful surprise.

d)

She was afraid they would tell her not to come.

4.

Which additional motive to leave Barbados was revealed when Kit and Mercy were carding?

a)

A friend of Kit’s grandfather expected Kit to marry him.

b)

Kit was supposed to go to jail for not paying her taxes.

c)

A so-called friend of Kit accused her of witchcraft.

d)

Kit was interested in making extra money.

5.

How does Judith react to the news that William Ashby wants to call on Kit?

a)

She is happy.

b)

She is jealous.

c)

She blames Mercy.

6.
William had been appointed to an honorable position. That job was:�
a)
Viewer of Fences
b)
Head herdsman
c)
Apprentice to the Reverend
d)
King's Governor
7.
William does not want to offend King James because:
a)
His father is a Royalist
b)
The reverend has preached against it
c)
He thinks that the colony can retain some rights and privileges by keeping the King happy
d)
He is rich and the other colonists are poor
8.
Why don't the townspeople want to live in The Great Meadow?
a)
It is not a good place for farming
b)
It floods each spring
c)
It is a muddy swamp
d)
Native Americans are known to attack there
9.
Kit is glad to be earning wages because:
a)
She thinks the family will now be glad she is there
b)
She knows that Judith wants fancy dresses, and now she can buy her one
c)
She will save to return to Barbados
d)
She will save to buy her own cottage
10.
When Kit is at Hannah's, Nat comes to visit. What does he bring Hannah?
a)
a keg of Barbados molasses
b)
a bird
c)
a blanket
11.
As John Holbrook is reading poetry, Kit looks up and discovers what about Mercy?
a)
Mercy is in pain
b)
Mercy is in love with William
c)
Mercy is in love with John Holbrook
12.
How did Mercy come to accept her disability?
a)
She accepted that she was being punished by God for being a sinner.
b)
She had faith that God would eventually cure her of her disability.
c)
She had visited Hannah and realized that there are worse things than being disabled.
d)
She thought of all the things she could do rather than the things she couldn’t.
13.
What kind of party are Kit and Judith going to?
a)
A dance party
b)
A quilting bee
c)
A husking bee
d)
An apple bobbing party
14.
How is Hannah rescued from the mob?
a)
Nat hears of the mob and gets Hannah out of her house
b)
Kit gets Hannah out of the house and onto the Dolphin.
c)
Kit and Judith get a message to William.
d)
Hannah’s cat warns her and Hannah escapes to Uncle Matthew’s house.
15.
How does Prudence prove that Kit is innocent of being a witch?
a)
She sings a song that she has memorized.
b)
She swears on the Bible that she was the one who gave Hannah the copybook.
c)
She writes her own name and reads from the Bible.
d)
She testifies that Hannah is the one who taught her how to write.
16.
Why does Kit end her relationship with William?
a)
She realizes that she wants a bigger house than William can offer her.
b)
.  She realizes that neither of them would change and they would always disappoint each other.
c)
She realizes that Uncle Matthew and Aunt Rachel really don’t approve of William.
d)
She realizes that she wants to remain in Uncle Matthew’s house.
17.
What is the thing that without a certain something Kit ‘has not escaped at all’?
a)
money
b)
love
c)
faith     
d)
charity
18.
What is the thing that without a certain something Kit ‘has not escaped at all’?
a)
money
b)
love
c)
faith     
d)
charity
19.
Kit realized she always loved
a)
John Holbrook
b)
Nat Eaton
c)
Uncle Matthew
d)
William Ashby
20.
Who was the ship named for?
a)
Nat
b)
Kit
c)
John
d)
Hannah
21.
Why did Nat want to speak to Uncle Matthew?
a)
He wanted to ask if Hannah could live with them.
b)
He wanted to ask forgiveness.
c)
He wanted to marry Kit.
d)
He wanted to build a snowman.
22.
What happened to those involved in pranking William's house?
a)
On Lecture Day, they were hung
b)
On Lecture Day, they were put into stocks
c)
On Lecture Day, there where whipped
d)
On Lecture Day, they were arrested
23.
Dr. Bulkeley said the charter ___.
a)
was never any good
b)
only was for 10 years
c)
must be changed
d)
never intended to be as free as people made it
24.
Why did William change his political opinions?
a)
he had to pay high taxes on the house he was building
b)
his father made him
c)
Judith wanted him to
d)
he wanted to impress Kit
25.
Because it was All Hallows Eve, Kit said the charter ___.
a)
was burned
b)
was taken by the spirits
c)
was given away
d)
disappeared
26.
What did Governor Andros do because of the missing charter?
a)
declared himself king
b)
cancelled Christmas
c)
cancelled Thanksgiving
d)
arrested William
27.
Alarm had spread to every corner of Wethersfield because
a)
many children and young people disappeared
b)
many children and young people became ill
c)
Hannah cursed the town
d)
war had begun
28.
What happened during the night while Kit was away?
a)
Mercy died
b)
Mercy's fever broke
c)
Hannah was arrested
d)
John came back
29.

Where is the school that Mercy teaches the young children

a)

The Meeting House

b)

The Town Hall

c)

The Wood's kitchen

d)

A neighboring town

30.
What does Uncle Matthew say has "no use for such frippery?"
a)
The dresses and bonnet
b)
The trunks
c)
The Dolphin
d)
An axe
31.
Why did the Puritans travel across the cold ocean to North America?
a)
to settle on new land
b)
to escape persecution
c)
to join relatives
32.
Kit is glad to be earning wages because:
a)
She thinks the family will now be glad she is there
b)
She knows that Judith wants fancy dresses, and now she can buy her one
c)
She will save to return to Barbados
d)
She will save to buy her own cottage
33.
Kit starts to understand how hard things are for the family when:
a)
Judith says she doesn't want to share everything
b)
Mercy tells her about the two children they lost
c)
John Holbrook explains it to her
d)
Uncle Matthew lectures her about the colony
34.
Who is skeptical, or unsure of Kit's intentions and choices?
a)
Mistress Eaton
b)
Captain Eaton
c)
John Holbrook
d)
Aunt Rachel
35.

Which is the setting of the story?

a)

Salem, Massachusetts

b)

Wethersfield, Connecticut Colony

c)

Chicago, Illinois

d)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

36.

What things caused the townspeople to suspect Hannah Tupper was a witch?

a)

She talked to her dead husband.

b)

She lived alone down by the pond, even after it flooded.

c)

She was a Quaker.

d)

She did not attend meeting.

e)

All answers are correct.

37.

At the end of the novel, what is the name of Nat's new ship?

a)

The Witch

b)

The Dolphin 2

c)

Kit

d)

Barbados

38.

During the witch hunt, what did Goodwife Cruff think happened to Hannah?

a)

She turned into a mouse and Hannah's yellow cat carried her off.

b)

The Order of the Witches made her invisible so she could escape.

c)

Aliens beamed her up.

d)

She melted in the fire. Nothing was left but a witch's hat.

39.

When Kit was imprisoned, who did she think would come save her?

a)

William

b)

Nat

c)

Matthew

d)

Rachel

40.

Kit's jailer tells her they'll probably go easy on her and just...

a)

brand Kit and cut off her ear

b)

put her in the stocks on Meeting Day

c)

drown Kit in the Blackbird Pond

d)

hang Kit in Town Square

41.

Who risked 30 lashes at the whipping post to see justice done at the Kit's Witch Trial?

a)

Nat Eaton

b)

Captain Eaton

c)

Master Bryant

d)

William Ashby

42.
What final evidence of Kit’s ‘witchcraft’ is produced at the examination?
a)
Kit’s trunk filled with her bright and colorful dresses
b)
Hannah’s cat
c)
Kit’s ability to swim
d)
Kit’s copybook
43.
Uncle Matthew complemented Kit on
a)
her patience
b)
the help she had been to the family
c)
the friendship she offered Mercy
d)
her fancy dress
44.

At the trial, which of these was presented as evidence that Kit was a witch?

a)

Kit was seen running away with Hannah the night that the mob burned down Hannah's house.

b)

She was seen walking hand in hand with Nat after he had been banished form the town.

c)

A man saw Kit and Hannah dancing around a fire late one night.

d)

Goodwife Cruff saw Hannah's cat with Kit at Uncle Matthew's house.

45.

What happened to grandfather’s money?

a)

He left all of it to Kit and she foolishly spent it.

b)

His overseer stole it and Kit had to pay back her grandfather’s debts.

c)

It was left in a will to Matthew because women couldn’t inherit money at that time.

d)

It was all given to charity because grandfather was a strong believer in missionary work.

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