Characters
I am willing to fight to preserve the charter.
Who is Matthew?
She said Kit has to be a witch because she can swim.
There was a Puritan belief that if a woman was thrown into water and floated, she was a witch; if she sank, she was not.
What did Goodwife Cruff said about Kit after she jumped into the water?
In Chapter 8, Kit and Judith went to the Great Meadows to do this job.
What is weeding an onion field?
This Connecticut town in the year 1687 is the primary setting of the novel.
What is Wethersfield, Connecticut?
Nat warned Kit to be careful about her behavior so that people would not accuse her of this.
What is witchcraft?
My doll fell in the water!
Who is Prudence?
After Kit jumped into the water, Goodwife Cruff claimed this ability proved Kit was a witch.
What is swimming?
In Chapter 10, Kit got her job back by speaking with this man.
Who is Mr. Kimberley?
The novel is told from this point of view.
What is third-person limited?
Goodwife Cruff’s family probably treated Kit rudely because this person influenced them.
Who is Goodwife Cruff?
I joined the militia and was captured.
Who is John?
At dinner, Reverend Bulkeley supports the King, while Matthew supports protecting these colonial rights.
What are the rights established by the Connecticut charter?
In Chapter 4, Kit overheard the women complaining about her and Matthew wishing this about Kit.
What is that she were a boy?
The Witch of Blackbird Pond belongs to this literary genre.
What is historical fiction?
Early in the novel, John Holbrook warns Kit that these people may not welcome her as warmly as she expects.
Who are her relatives?
I fall in love very easily.
Who is Judith?
On All Hallows Eve, some sailors placed these in the windows of William’s new house.
What are jack-o’-lanterns?
In Chapter 15, Judith noticed that Kit did not do this when William spoke.
What is pay attention to him?
The description of Prudence as having “some spark…that refused to be quenched” creates this kind of tone.
What is hopeful or optimistic?
The Wood family’s first-born boy died from the same illness that caused this condition in Mercy.
What is her physical disability?
I treated Mercy’s sickness with an onion poultice.
Who is Reverend Bulkeley?
Kit ended her relationship with William after realizing they would never agree about this issue.
What is associating with and helping people such as Hannah?
These are the three couples expected to marry at the end of the novel.
Who are Kit and Nat, Mercy and John, and Judith and William?
This theme suggests that people control their own destinies and must learn to follow their hearts.
What is being in charge of our own destinies?
When Nat returns on May 2, he arrives aboard his own new ship with this name.
What is The Witch?