A Break With Charity
Humanities
STUDY QUESTIONS
Ms. Novick
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A Break With Charity Study Questions Chs. 1-5
A Break With Charity Study Questions chs. 6-10
A Break With Charity Study Questions Chs. 11-15
A Break With Charity Study Questions Chs. 16-20
A Break With Charity Study Questions Ch.21-Author's Note

A BREAK WITH CHARITY
Study questions
Chapters 1-5
Chapter 1:
1. Describe Sarah Bibber. What kind of person is she? What does she look like?
2. What goes on inside the parsonage when the reverend and his wife are out?
3. What kind of man is Father English? Describe the type of person he is. Tell about his beliefs and his background.
Chapter 2:
4. Why does Susanna stare at John Indian?
5. What does “Salem” mean? Why is that strange?
5. How does Susanna feel when she leaves Tituba? Why? Is she surprised? How?
Chapter 3:
7. List and describe the four creatures Susanna meets on her way home. What does she give each one?
8. Why would Susanna’s mother be upset that she gave the supplies to Sarah Good? How did giving the supplies away make Susanna feel?
Chapter 4:
9. What does Susanna tell her father when he asks why she lied?
10. What is Father English’s reaction to Susanna’s story?
Chapter 5:
11. What does Tituba mean when she says, “But the wolves that howl in the night on the edge of town are more innocent”?
12. What does Tituba say about Ann Putnam that causes Susanna to be alarmed?
13. Why does Betty Parris come downstairs? What is bothering her? What kinds of things does she say that worry Susanna?

A BREAK WITH CHARITY
Study Questions
Chapters 6-10
Chapter 6:
1. Why did Deliverance and William Hobbs visit the English house? Explain the situation.
2. Who was Anne Hutchinson? What does she have to do with Salem?
3. What does Abigail want?
Chapter 7:
4. What news does Elizabeth Putnam bring to Mary English, Sr.? How do Elizabeth and
Joesph Putnam feel about this news?
5. What causes Mary English’s outburst? What does she say?
Chapter 8:
6. Describe some things Ann tells Susanna in this chapter.
7. Explain why Susanna feels powerless when she leaves the Putnams’ house.
Chapter 9:
8. Who is Elizaeth Porter and what news does she bring to the Englishes?
9. What do we find out from the conversation between Susanna and John Dorich at the wharf? What does John wish?
Chapter 10:
10. How does Father English feel about the scene outside the parsonage? How does he describe it?
11. Describe what happens when Rev. Parris asks Ann Putnam who has afflicted her.
12. What does Ann say that makes Susanna so angry? Why does it make her mad?
13. Who do the girls name as their tormentors?
14. What does Johnathan Hathorne think about this witchcraft business?
15. What does Susanna find out from Abigail that surprises her?

A Break With Charity
Study Questions
Chs. 11 - 15
Chapter 11
1.
What did Tituba tell the magistrates? Why?
2.
What does Tituba tell Susanna about the future? What does she describe?
3.
What happened to Susanna that night? Why might this have happened?
Chapter 12
4.
When Mary comes home from market, she brings news. What has she heard?(3 main things)
5.
What does Johnathan tell Susanna that is both surprising and pleases her?
6.
Describe why Mary and Mama English came home early from meeting? What happened?
7.
Who is taken to prison in Boston in early April?
Chapter 13
8.
Why do Susanna and Johnathan go to Ingersoll’s Ordinary? What do they do there?
9.
Describe the three people on trial. How did each one plead?
Chapter 14
10.
What does Susanna see that she can’t tell anyone about? What does it mean?
11.
What news does Father English announce after a special visitor arrives?
12.
When Mama English is arrested, what does Susanna do?
Chapter 15
13.
Father English has news about his family. What does he tell the girls.
14.
Describe the plan that Mama English tells her girls about when they visit her.

15.
Why does Susanna want to stay in Salem evn if her family is in Boston?
16.
What event ends this chapter?

Study Questions
Chapter 16-20
Chapter 16:
1.
What was Joseph involved in that kept him so busy? Describe the kinds of things he did.
2.
What is the new circle that is discussed in this chapter?
3.
What does Joseph tell Mary and Susanna about Salem Prison? What does he prepare them for?
Chapter 17:
4.
What does Father English tell the Putnams and the girls about Court of Oyer and Terminer that is so important?
7.
Why does Goody Bibber come to Susanna? What does she want from her?
8.
What happened on June 15 in Boston that was Significant?
9.
What did the judge do on June 28 in the Salem town that ignored the previous event(June 15)?
10.
Why didn’t Susanna tell Joseph the truth before the hangings on July 19 th
?
5.
What does Father English plan to do now?
Chapter 18:
6.
Who was the first person to be hanged? What was the scene like at the
Hanging?

Chapter 19
11.
Does Susanna tell Joseph the truth? What is his reaction?
12.
What does Joseph plan on doing with the information Susanna gives him?
Chapter 20
13.
Where do Joseph, Johnathan and Susanna go? What are they going to do there?
14.
Who is Mary Bradbury?
15.
Why do Johnathan and Susanna go to see Sam Endicott? What does he tell them? Should they have gone? Why or why not?

Study Questions
Chapters 21- Authors Notes
Chapter 21
1.
What do the English parents decide to do since they do not believe that justice waits them in Salem?
2.
Why was John Willard arrested for witchcraft?
3.
What is Jonathan’s plan that will hopefully make Susanna realize that Mary
Bradbury is not witch?
Chapter 22
4.
What does Mary Bradbury say that she would do if she had been a witch?
5.
What does the petition that Johnathan shows Susanna say on it?
Chapter 23
6.
Why did the crowd become upset when George Burroughs was hung? What did the Reverend Cotton Mather say in response to the crowds grumbling?
7.
Who was pressed to death? Why would he not admit to the accusation of witchcraft?
8.
What is strange about William’s return to Salem?
Epilogue
9.
What kind act did Father English do for the people of Salem in the winter after the trials?
10.
Why was Mother Mary English upset when she first arrives home?
11.
What did Susanna do for Mary Bradbury when she went on a voyage with
William?

12.
Does the town forgive Ann Putnam? Support your answer.
Authors Notes
13.
List 4 thing that Ann Rinaldi tells us is true in her book?
14.
List four thing that are not true in her book.
15.
Why did Rinaldi choose Susanna as the narrator (protagonist) of this book?