The Witch of Blackbird Pond Chapter 18

Who gave Kit the courage to go and speak to Mr. Kimberly?

• Mercy
• Hannah Tupper

How can we infer that Aunt Rachel knew Kit was seeing Hannah Tupper?

• Aunt Rachel sends a gallon of Barbados molasses with Kit.

• Aunt Rachel helps Kit put new thatch on Hannah's roof.

• Aunt Rachel sends an apple tart with Kit.

• Aunt Rachel tells Kit to say hi to Hannah for her.

Does Judith go with Kit to Hannah Tupper's house?

• Yes
• No

When Kit is at Hannah's, Nat comes to visit. What does he bring Hannah?

• a keg of Barbados molasses
• a bird
• a blanket

Is Hannah's husband, Tom, alive or dead?

• alive
• dead

Nat tells the story of finding Hannah when he was 8 years old. What did Hannah give him?

• an old she-goat and soup
• a little grey tiger kitten and blueberry cake
• a tropical bird and banana bread

Who has been leaving flowers on the doorstep of the school?

• Prudence
• Nat

What does Kit teach Prudence in the meadow?

• how to tie bows
• how to make thread
• how to read

Why do Reverend Woodbridge and Eleazer Kimberly threaten to shut down the dame school?

• They no longer believe that Kit and Mercy are responsible teachers.
• They don’t believe that girls should be teaching boys.
• There’s no heat in the house.
• They suspect that neither, Kit or Mercy can read.

What does the exotic flower in Hannah’s garden symbolize?

• that maybe Kit can survive but never thrive in the Puritan community

• that maybe Kit can survive and even thrive in the Puritan community

• that new things should never be introduced into the Puritan community

• that exotic things can survive for a while in a different place but will eventually die