Question

Read a text about the Salem witch trials.
In 1692, two girls living in Salem Village, Massachusetts, began having bizarre outbursts, during which they seemed to lose control of their bodies and speech. They also complained of knife sensations. Soon, other girls in the area started experiencing similar episodes. At that time, witchcraft was largely accepted as fact, and with no medical evidence for the girls' terrifying behavior, the community concluded that they had fallen under the spells of witches. Thus began a horrific chapter in American history. Over the next year, more than two hundred innocent people, most of them women, were accused of practicing witchcraft. Twenty individuals were ultimately convicted and executed.
Select all the details that are included in the text.
A. Over 200 individuals were falsely accused of practicing witchcraft in the Salem area.
B. To entertain Halloween visitors, actors in Salem pretended to arrest people for practicing witchcraft.
C. The people of Salem decided that witchcraft was the cause of some villagers' strange behavior.
D. Several girls in colonial Salem fell into uncontrollable and unexplained fits.

Answer 1

A, C, and D.

- A is stated: "more than two hundred innocent people... were accused."
- C is stated: the community concluded they "had fallen under the spells of witches."
- D is stated: two girls (and soon other girls) had "bizarre outbursts" and lost control.
- B is not mentioned in the text.