Characters
Plot
Setting
First Half
Second Half
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Who is the main character?

Drucilla

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Where does Dru think Gabe will go to school?

Harvard.

100

Where is Salem?

Massachusetts

100

Who is Gabe to Dru?

Her bestfriend

100

Why is Gabe accused and by who?

Ann accused him for rejecting her romantically.

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Who was Gabe taken by?

Mary Putnam

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What does Mistress Putnam tell Dru when she calls her to her bedchamber?

She had a vision of God telling her not to trust her

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What year did this take place?

1969

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What does Mistress Putnam make Dru do at Goody Nurse's trial?

She made her act like Goody Nurse was pulling her hair

200

What is the answer to the riddle Dru remembers in Chapter 13?

Candlestick

300

How is Tituba important to the witch trials?

She was the first accused

300

What caused Judge Hathorne to ask the jury to reconsider when Goody Nurse was first claimed innocent?

The way the girls acted pretending to be under a spell

300

Where does Dru go in the end?

France

300

How does Dru’s opinion of Mistress Putnam change in the last few chapters versus the beginning of the book?

At first she thinks she is pleasant and nice but then she realizes that she is crazy

300

What did Gabe send to Dru while she was in France?

He sent her a journal to write in

400

How did Gabe react to seeing the way Drucilla joined in at Goody Nurse’s trial?

Gabe was angry at the way she acted

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What is Dru's conflict when she reaches the Putnam's house?

Deciding how she was going to get Gabe's attention without waking Mistress Putnam

400

Where was Rebecca Nurse buried?


Gallows Hill

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How does Mistress Putnam justify taking the children to the executions?

"Such events make a fine lesson for good Christian children."

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Why did Dru not want Mistress Putnam to know she had left to speak to Mary Putnam regarding Rebecca?

Mistress Putnam had been the one to accuse Rebecca and Dru thought it was false.