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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 John think when he hears that Kit has been visiting Hannah?

2. How does Nat speak to Kit when the Dolphin returns to Wethersfield?

3. When do the settlers get together to husk the corn?

4. What does Judith announce as they are working to husk corn?

5. What does the act of hiding the charter mean to the king?

Short Essay Questions

1. While at Hannah's house delivering her gift from Nat, what does Kit notice about Prudence and what does she decide to do for the girl?

2. How does Kit feel about fixing the roof with Nat?

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

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

5. After the trial, what realizations do William and Kit come to regarding their potential marriage?

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

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

8. What decisions does Governor Andros come to in Chapter 15 regarding land? What are the settlers' feelings about this?

9. Why does Rachel give Kit a tart to take to Hannah?

10. What news is brought to town by the militiamen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Please note who the main character is in "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" and list at least four minor characters and their roles in the story. How do these characters contribute to the story? Why are they included?

Essay Topic 2

Please define the role of the "protagonist" and "antagonist" in a literary work. Describe one protagonist and one antagonist in "The Witch of Blackbird Pond." Note what makes them either the protagonist or antagonist, their relationship each other, and provide at least one clear example in which the protagonist and antagonist interact in a contentious situation.

Essay Topic 3

Define narrative voice and the three most common types of narrative mode. What narrative mode is used in this novel? Please state whether or not you agree with the narrative mode the author uses in this novel and why.

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