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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kit realize one day as she watches her uncle gazing at his land?

2. Who hides the charter from the new governor?

3. What does Kit confide to Hannah when she brings her Nat's gift?

4. What rumor does Nat hear when he returns with the Dolphin to Wethersfield?

5. What do some rowdy sailors put in the windows of the house William is building?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Matthew feel when he hears that Andros is now governor of Connecticut?

2. What plan do Kit and Prudence undertake to teach Prudence to read?

3. How do Prudence's parents view her and treat her?

4. What happens to Judith soon after John's departure for the militia? What then happens to Mercy and many others in town?

5. What does Prudence do and say in Kit's favor during her trial?

6. Why do the townspeople come to arrest Kit and what "proof" do they claim to have to support their arrest?

7. What charges are brought against Kit at her trial? What is the punishment for these charges?

8. When does corn husking take place and what is done at a corn husking?

9. What disturbance happens in Wethersfield on the night of All Hallows Eve?

10. Where is Kit taken when she is arrested and who comes to visit her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define what a setting is in a novel. Please explain the purpose of the setting and what the overall setting is in this novel. Provide three examples of more specific settings that occur in pivotal moments of the novel. Explain why a setting is so important to the overall story.

Essay Topic 2

Please explain the process that Kit goes through in adapting to her new life in Wethersfield. Give a general overview of her adjustment to the life there, from her arrival to the final chapter in the novel. What are some ways Kit is successful in adjusting to Wethersfield? What are some ways Kit is unsuccessful or unwilling to adapt?

Essay Topic 3

The role of women in the Colonies involved a lot of work. Please give some examples from the text that show the role of women. Compare and contrast the ways Kit adapts to this and her ability to do the work required to Judith and her ability.

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