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The Salem Witch Trials

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

Their Food

b)

A disease

c)

Witchcraft

d)

Their Parent

2.

Physically

a)

In a way having to do with the body

b)

In a way having to do with the mind

c)

In a brave way

d)

Physical Education (PE)

3.

Tituba was a woman who had shown the girls how to

a)

Make dolls

b)

Cast magic spells

c)

Tell fortunes

d)

Cook

4.

Where was Tituba from

a)

Florida

b)

Massachusetts

c)

Barbados

d)

Texas

5.

Witchcraft

a)

A fear of witches

b)

Magical powers that a witch has

c)

A means of getting around by witches

d)

A type of cat

6.

The Salem community put to death

a)

20 people as witches

b)

100 people as witches

c)

200 people as witches

d)

No one

7.

Acknowledged

a)

Admitted having done something

b)

Denied having done something

c)

Became very angry

d)

To attain knowledge

8.

In 1692 the Puritan's grain supply

a)

Was running low, so the girls were very hungry

b)

Was put under a spell by witches

c)

Fully stocked for winter

d)

Had a fungus that could have made the girls sick

9.

Trial

a)

A time for getting away from everyday life and enjoying oneself

b)

A time that someone must spend in jail

c)

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

d)

A sample period

10.

In 1692, in Salem, Massachusetts, a couple young women started having fits and naming people as name. No one knows what caused the fits.

a)

False

b)

True

11.

Mentally

a)

In a happy or joyful way

b)

In a way having to do with the mind

c)

In a nervous or frightened way

d)

Prepared

12.

Which statement is true

a)

Most people in Salem had no trouble believing that there were witches among them

b)

All the Puritans were hoping that no one would admit to being a witch

c)

People who had slaves were not allowed in the Puritan community

d)

All slaves were named as witches

13.

What were 2 of the names of the women named as witches

a)

Tituba and Gooding

b)

Sarah Good and Puritans

c)

Sarah Osborne and Tituba

d)

Sarah Good and Salem

14.

We know exactly what caused the girls fits

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Flinch

a)

Jump up and down

b)

A weird dance move

c)

Move in a jerky way

d)

Stand very still

16.

Which statement is true

a)

Confessing to be a witch was the only way to avoid death

b)

Puritans never put anyone to death without having proof that a person was a witch

c)

People who were named as witches probably doubted witchcraft was to blame for the girls fits

d)

The Puritans found and put all witches to death

17.

How is the Salem witchcraft scare an example of something that is still unsloved

a)

No one knows what made the girls act so strange

b)

No one knows how the fungus got into the grain

c)

No one knows why the Puritans believed in witchcraft

d)

No one knows if there are still witches among us

18.

Which statement is an opinion

a)

Tituba was a slave from Barbados

b)

In 1693, everyone waiting trail for witchcraft was sent home

c)

Tituba was wrong for teaching the girls to read fortunes

d)

In 1692, Salem girls started having fits and naming people as witches

19.

What is the name of the story we read

a)

Witches of Salem

b)

The Salem Witch Trials

c)

The Trials of Massachusetts

d)

Salem Massachusetts

20.

How are Tituba and Sarah Good different

a)

Only Tituba confessed to being a witch

b)

Only Tituba was called a witch

c)

Only Sarah Good went to jail