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Girls in the Woods
Boyz in the Hood
Other Characters
"Plot"-pourri
Miscellaneous
100

At the start of the play, this girl has fallen into a trance. She is assumed to be possessed and screams upon hearing the Lord's name.

Who is Betty Parris?

100

This man is the minister in Salem. He preaches hellfire and is very concerned with his reputation.

Who is Rev. Parris?

100
She is the Parris's slave from Barbados.
Who is Tituba?
100
This is the setting of the opening of Act I (whose home and whose room).
What is Rev. Parris's house in Betty's room?
100

This man wrote The Crucible.

Who is Arthur Miller?

200
This girl is the oldest and the presumed leader of the group. She witnessed her parents' murder. She had an alleged affair with John Proctor.
Who is Abigail?
200

He is the first villager to insist on a witch hunt. He is the father of one child, seven others having died at birth.

Who is Thomas Putnam?

200

She has had seven children die at childbirth. Her one living daughter is Ruth. She blames Sarah Osburn for the death of several of her babies.

Who is Ann Putnam?

200
This is the person who, according to Abigail, has been slandering Abigail's name around Salem.
Who is Elizabeth Proctor?
200
The Salem Witch Trials began in this year.
What is 1692?
300
This girl delivers the news to Rev. Parris that the doctor can find no medical reason for Betty's illness.
Who is Susanna Walcott?
300

He had an alleged affair with Abigail but now wants nothing to do with her. He doesn't attend church regularly.

Who is John Proctor?

300
She is a 72-year old woman. She is sensible and claims the girls are just going through "silly seasons."
Who is Rebecca Nurse?
300
This may have been the reason Thomas Putnam suggested Sarah Osburn as a witch to Tituba.
What is because she was the Putnam's midwife?
300

Reverend Parris claimed to see this creature in the kettle in the woods.

What is a frog?

400
This girl is the Proctor's current servant.
Who is Mary Warren?
400

This character is worried his wife is reading "strange books." He has been involved in many lawsuits concerning land ownership.

Who is Giles Corey?

400

She is the first woman accused of witchcraft and her name is mentioned by Thomas Putnam before Tituba accuses her.

Who is Sarah Good?

400
This is who drank a chicken's blood in the woods.
Who is Abigail?
400
Rev. Hale brings these to Reverend Parris's house.
What are books on demonic arts?
500
This girl is the Putnam's servant. She was witnessed by Rev. Parris running naked in the woods.
Who is Mercy Lewis?
500
He is an expert on demonic arts. He tells others not to look to superstitions.
Who is Rev. Hale?
500

She was the midwife in three of Mrs. Putnam's deliveries.

Who is Sarah Osburn?

500

There were several "signs of witchcraft" presented to Reverend Hale upon his arrival in Salem. Name two.

What is Betty flying/7 dead babies/Ruth cannot eat/Betty cannot bear to hear the Lord's name/dancing in the forest/conjuring the dead/reading strange books/stoppage of prayer?

500

This is the phenomenon that occured in the 1940s and 1950s and that is paired with the Salem Witch Trials as part of an allegory.

What is McCarthyism or the Red Scare?