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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Pages 32-48.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Abigail threaten to do to the girls if they admit to more than dancing?
(a) She will run away.
(b) She will beat them.
(c) She will kill them.
(d) She will tell on them.

2. Where did Parris live before he moved to Salem?
(a) Barbados.
(b) Norway.
(c) Brazil.
(d) London.

3. Mercy Lewis thinks Ruth is improving in Act 1 because she woke to do something. What was it?
(a) She laughed.
(b) She sneezed.
(c) She screamed.
(d) She coughed.

4. Toward the end of Act 1, Betty wakes from her trance-like state and calls out for someone. Who is it?
(a) The devil.
(b) Her dead mother.
(c) Abigail.
(d) Parris.

5. Why is Mrs. Putnam suspicious of Sarah Good?
(a) Sarah was the midwife of five of her children.
(b) Sarah was the midwife of six of her children.
(c) Sarah was the midwife of four of her children.
(d) Sarah was the midwife of three of her children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Tituba doing while the other girls where dancing in the forest?

2. When Hale arrives, what is he carrying?

3. What does Abigail ultimately want from John Proctor?

4. What does Abigail claim John Proctor freed her from?

5. Who is the Putnams' servant?

(see the answer key)

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