The Witch of Blackbird Pond | Questions and Answers: Goals and Motivations

Questions
1. Why is John Holbrook coming to Wethersfield?

2. Why do the Woods wish Kit were a boy when she comes to live with them?

3. Why does Kit jump into the water as the Dolphin sails into Saybrook Harbor?

4. What motivates Matthew Wood to accept Kit into his home?

5. Why does William Ashby want to marry Kit?

Answers
1. John Holbrook is coming to Wethersfield to study with Dr. Bulkeley, who is widely known as an accomplished minister. John has a deep love of religious learning, which he...


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