WorksheetsSalem Witch Trials - Easy English News
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
The Salem Witch Trials were _______.
in the 1630s
between February 1962 and May 1963
May 1692 to February 1693
between February 1692 and May 1693
"Salem" is a _______.
name of a witch
state in U.S.A.
a religion
town in Massachusetts
_______ are a group of English Christians who left England in the 1630s for religious freedom.
Catholics
Witches
Puritans
Witnesses
The Puritans wanted to practice their _____________ the way they wanted.
witchcraft
cooking
videogames
religion
The Puritans wanted their children to be able to _______ and understand the Bible.
read
write
convict
sentence
Boys and girls in Salem went to ________ schools.
the same
witchcraft
industrial
separate
Puritans believed that the ______________ could possess people.
jury
devil
children
witnesses
In Salem, three young __________ started to do some strange things.
boys
girls
cows
chickens
Which is NOT a strange behavior of the first 3 "victims"?
crawl around on the floor
twist their bodies
throw things
speak in another language
A ______ looked at the girls and couldn't find anything wrong with them.
witch
demon
doctor
minister
Three ______ were accused as the first witches.
women
men
children
demons
One of the accused women was a _________.
lawyer
slave
man
goat
When someone accused a person of witchcraft the officials took the accused person to ________.
Washington, DC
England
jail
church
Which is NOT a part of the trial?
witnesses
jury
sentence
pinching people
In the 'touch test' officials _________ the 'witch' and forced her to touch a sick person.
blindfolded
convicted
arrested
confessed
Officials looked for books about witchcraft, herbs, and ______ in accused witches' homes.
rocks
devils
ointments
Bibles
One accused man, Giles Corey, died after officials ______ him by putting rocks on him.
convicted
arrested
pinched
tortured
If the jury convicted a 'witch', the judge _____ him or her to die.
dismissed
pinched
crawled
sentenced
Some convicted women were NOT killed because they were _____.
powerful witches
witnesses
pregnant
sick
In Salem today there are ______ of the witch trials.
ghosts
reenactments
photographs
zombies
