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Salem Witch Trials - Easy English News

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Salem Witch Trials were _______.

a)

in the 1630s

b)

between February 1962 and May 1963

c)

May 1692 to February 1693

d)

between February 1692 and May 1693

2.

"Salem" is a _______.

a)

name of a witch

b)

state in U.S.A.

c)

a religion

d)

town in Massachusetts

3.

_______ are a group of English Christians who left England in the 1630s for religious freedom.

a)

Catholics

b)

Witches

c)

Puritans

d)

Witnesses

4.

The Puritans wanted to practice their _____________ the way they wanted.

a)

witchcraft

b)

cooking

c)

videogames

d)

religion

5.

The Puritans wanted their children to be able to _______ and understand the Bible.

a)

read

b)

write

c)

convict

d)

sentence

6.

Boys and girls in Salem went to ________ schools.

a)

the same

b)

witchcraft

c)

industrial

d)

separate

7.

Puritans believed that the ______________ could possess people.

a)

jury

b)

devil

c)

children

d)

witnesses

8.

In Salem, three young __________ started to do some strange things.

a)

boys

b)

girls

c)

cows

d)

chickens

9.

Which is NOT a strange behavior of the first 3 "victims"?

a)

crawl around on the floor

b)

twist their bodies

c)

throw things

d)

speak in another language

10.

A ______ looked at the girls and couldn't find anything wrong with them.

a)

witch

b)

demon

c)

doctor

d)

minister

11.

Three ______ were accused as the first witches.

a)

women

b)

men

c)

children

d)

demons

12.

One of the accused women was a _________.

a)

lawyer

b)

slave

c)

man

d)

goat

13.

When someone accused a person of witchcraft the officials took the accused person to ________.

a)

Washington, DC

b)

England

c)

jail

d)

church

14.

Which is NOT a part of the trial?

a)

witnesses

b)

jury

c)

sentence

d)

pinching people

15.

In the 'touch test' officials _________ the 'witch' and forced her to touch a sick person.

a)

blindfolded

b)

convicted

c)

arrested

d)

confessed

16.

Officials looked for books about witchcraft, herbs, and ______ in accused witches' homes.

a)

rocks

b)

devils

c)

ointments

d)

Bibles

17.

One accused man, Giles Corey, died after officials ______ him by putting rocks on him.

a)

convicted

b)

arrested

c)

pinched

d)

tortured

18.

If the jury convicted a 'witch', the judge _____ him or her to die.

a)

dismissed

b)

pinched

c)

crawled

d)

sentenced

19.

Some convicted women were NOT killed because they were _____.

a)

powerful witches

b)

witnesses

c)

pregnant

d)

sick

20.

In Salem today there are ______ of the witch trials.

a)

ghosts

b)

reenactments

c)

photographs

d)

zombies