The Wives of the Dead

This flexible-use quiz is designed for reading comprehension assessment and activity needs in classroom, home-schooling and other settings. Questions connect to the text’s plot, characters, and themes — and align with the content and chapter organization in the rest of this study guide. Use quizzes as pre-reading hooks, reading checks, discussion starters, entrance/exit “tickets,” small group activities, writing activities, and lessons on finding evidence and support in a text.

Depth of Knowledge Levels: Questions require respondents to demonstrate ability to: 

1. Recall and Understand Content (e.g., who, what, where, when) 
2. Apply and Analyze Ideas (e.g., how and why)

1. What is the setting for “The Wives of the Dead”?

A) the Canadian colonies

B) Wampanoag Province

C) Bay Province

D) Connecticut Plantation

2. During what period does the story take place?

A) the mid-1600s

B) the American Revolution

C) the War of 1812

D) the mid-1700s

3. Why are the two women mourning?

A) They lost their sister to a plague.

B) They lost their children in a war.

C) They lost their husbands at the same time.

D) Native Americans killed their families.

4. What country has had a recent fight? (short answer)

5. Who visits the bereaved widows during the day?

A) members of the community

B) a vision of Lucifer

C) a vision of Christ

D) a group of children with food baskets

6. How do the two women know each other?

A) They are sisters by birth.