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Remember to answer in complete sentences. Type your answers in the box following each question. 1. What news does Susanna Walcott bring?

that Doctor Griggs cannot find a cure for Betty's confounding illness in any of his medical books and suggests that Parris look to "unnatural things" for the cause. 2. What is Reverend Parris worried about, other than betty?

Reverend Parris is most concerned about his reputation. 3. What did Reverend Parris see in the forest? He sees John and Abigail kissing. 4. What did Goody Proctor say about Abigail? calls Elizabeth “a bitter woman, a lying, cold, sniveling woman.” 5. What does Mr.s Putnam say Betty was doing? Mrs. Putnam interprets Betty's behavior as a sign of witchcraft because "she cannot bear to hear the Lord's name!" 6. What is wrong with Ruth Putnam? Ruth Putnam is also sick like Betty Parris in a coma state. 7. What type of man was Thomas Putnam? Thomas Putnam is a greedy man who urges Reverend Parris to be strong and face up to the witchcraft in their midst. 8. What happened to Mrs. Putnam’s babies? Putnam's babies have died 9. What does Putnam tell Parris to do? Putnam tells Parris, "Now look you, sir. Let you strike out against the Devil, and the village will bless you for it!" 10. What is Mary Warren afraid will happen if they don't confess? Mary Warren is afraid of being hung.

11. According to Betty, what did Abigail drink? she drank blood, a charm to kill John Proctors wife. 12. Describe John Proctor in your own words.

Honest, upright, and blunt-spoken, Proctor is a good man, but one with a secret, fatal flaw. His lust for Abigail Williams led to their affair, and created Abigail's jealousy of his wife, Elizabeth, which sets the entire witch hysteria in motion. 13. How does Abigail feel about Proctor? How does he feel about her? Abigail wants Elizabeth Proctor dead, and He believes his affair with Abigail irreparably damaged him 14. What does Abigail say to Proctor about what happened in the woods? Abigail Williams has a private conversation with John Proctor in Betty's room, where she informs him that they were simply dancing in the woods when her uncle saw them. 15. What does Abigail say that Goody Proctor is doing? Abigail says “She is blackening my name in the village! She is telling lies about me! She is a cold sniveling woman and you bend to her!” To John...