The Witch Of Blackbird Pond

Reading Check and Short Answer Questions on key points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

CHAPTERS 1-6

Reading Check

1. What is the name of the ship that takes Kit to Connecticut?

2. How many trunks does Kit bring with her?

3. Which member of the Wood family is the “pivot about whom the whole household moved”? (Chapter 6)

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. Why isn’t John Holbrook going to Harvard?

2. Why does Matthew tell the women not to accept Kit’s gifts of clothing?

3. Who stays in the Sabbath houses?

Paired Resource

“Barbados: History”

• This timeline provides a short history of Barbados and names topics for further exploration.
• Compare Kit’s description of Barbados with her description of Wethersfield. How does the author use imagery to describe Barbados?

“The World’s Newest Republic”

• This article from The Atlantic explains Barbados’s past as a British colony, discusses its history of enslavement and rebellion, and examines its formal severing of colonial ties to Britain in 2021.
• The information in this article connects to the theme Caught Between Two Worlds.
• Whose perspective is missing from Kit’s description of Barbados?