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Witch Trials

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What year was Simeon Smith in New Hampshire?

a)

1662

b)

1771

c)

1772

d)

1777

2.

What was the name of the most famous witch trials?

a)

Solemn Witch Trials

b)

Scottish Witch Trials

c)

Massachusetts Witch Trials

d)

Salem Witch Trials

3.

What was NOT a common reason for people to accuse each other of witchcraft?

a)

they liked them

b)

deal with family and neighbors

c)

superstition

d)

unexplainable

4.

Phillip Smith got sick in what year by Mary Webster?

a)

1682

b)

1684

c)

1683

d)

1694

5.

In Exeter, Rhode Island, what animal did a farmer think was his neighbor?

a)

Cow

b)

Dog

c)

Cat

d)

Crow

6.

In Salem, Massachusetts, what animal did a man cut ears and tail from thinking it was his neighbor?

a)

Cat

b)

Crow

c)

Dog

d)

Cow

7.

Who was Mary Hadley related to?

a)

Margaret Mitchell

b)

Margaret Smith

c)

Margaret Atwood

d)

Margaret Alford

8.

What year did Mary's ancestor publish a poem called Half-Hanged?

a)

1992

b)

1995

c)

1993

d)

1994

9.

What year did George Hull bury the Cardiff Giant with his cousin?

a)

1867

b)

1862

c)

1868

d)

1886

10.

What was the name of the witches in 1612?

a)

English Pendulum Witches

b)

English Pendle Witches

c)

English Briar Witches

d)

English Witches

11.

What is it called when someone makes up stories for money or attention?

a)

Folklore

b)

Counterfeit Folklore

c)

Spectral Evidence

d)

Spectral Folklore

12.

What law was passed in 1563 making being a witch a capital offense?

a)

Salem Witch Act

b)

Scottish Witch Revel

c)

Scottish Witch Act

d)

Scottish Witch Acts

13.

What was the name of the girl in 1697 accusing people of witch craft?

a)

Agnes Naysmith

b)

Christian Naysmith

c)

Agnes Shaw

d)

Christian Shaw

14.

What item was placed on Gallows Green to ward off a curse?

a)

A cross

b)

Rowan Berries

c)

Ash Branches

d)

Horse Shoe

15.

What was the name of the symbol suspected witches had?

a)

Devil's Pin

b)

Devil's Mark

c)

Devil's Symbol

d)

Devil's Curse

16.

Who did Cotton Mather execute in 1688?

a)

Goody March

b)

Good Wife Clover

c)

Good Wife Glover

d)

Goody Agnes

17.

Where did the Salem Witch Trials start?

a)

the woods

b)

kitchen

c)

hearth

d)

barn

18.

What was the name of Samuel Parrish's slave?

a)

Tabitha

b)

Tituba

c)

Titalba

d)

Titshob

19.

What did the original accused witches in Salem NOT have in common?

a)

black

b)

uneducated

c)

poor

d)

unholy

20.

What was spectral evidence?

a)

form of spirit

b)

familiars

c)

ghosts

d)

witch's mark

21.

Who was accused that shocked people, because she attended church?

a)

Sarah Osborne

b)

Sarah Good

c)

Rebecca Nurse

d)

Bridget Bishop

22.

Who was the first to be hanged on Gallows Hill?

a)

Rebecca Nurse

b)

Bridget Bishop

c)

Sarah Good

d)

Sarah Osborne

23.

Who recited the Lord's Prayer perfectly, but was still hung in Salem?

a)

George Giles

b)

Giles Corey

c)

William Phipps

d)

George Burroughs

24.

What was the name of the man pressed to death in Salem?

a)

George Burroughs

b)

William Phipps

c)

Cotton Mather

d)

Giles Corey

25.

Who was the only accuser to apologize in Salem?

a)

Ann Parrish

b)

Ann Putnam

c)

Abigail Williams

d)

Elizabeth Parrish