Q 01/05

In The Witch of Blackbird Pond, which skill of Kit Tyler's makes her fellow passengers suspect witchcraft?

A) Tree climbing

B) Swimming

C) Sailing

D) Horse riding

Answer · why

B) Swimming

Swimming was almost unheard of among New England women, so when Kit dived after a dropped doll, Goodwife Cruff began calling her a witch.

Q 02/05

In The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Hannah Tupper is shunned by her Puritan neighbours for belonging to which faith?

A) Catholic

B) Anglican

C) Baptist

D) Quaker

Answer · why

D) Quaker

Quaker beliefs got Hannah and her husband driven out of Massachusetts, and her refusal to attend Puritan Meeting keeps the town whispering that she is...

Q 03/05

Fleeing a mob in The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Hannah Tupper refuses to board a rescue ship without what?

A) Her cat

B) Her loom

C) Her shawl

D) Her kettle

Answer · why

A) Her cat

Her cat mattered so much that Nat Eaton and Kit turned back to chase it down before the ship could carry the old woman to safety.

Q 04/05

At Kit Tyler's trial in The Witch of Blackbird Pond, how does a young girl prove Kit taught her no spells?

A) Recites the Lord's Prayer

B) Sings a psalm

C) Reads from the Bible

D) Names the real culprit

Answer · why

C) Reads from the Bible

She writes her own name and then reads from the Bible, and her father argues the Devil would hardly teach a child scripture.

Q 05/05

In The Witch of Blackbird Pond, what do Nat Eaton and his shipmates set glowing in a rival's unfinished house?

A) Signal fires

B) Ship's signal lamps

C) Paper lanterns

D) Jack-o'-lanterns

Answer · why

D) Jack-o'-lanterns

Jack-o'-lanterns grinning from the empty house got Nat banished from town, with a whipping promised if he ever came back.