1. What details indicate that the accusations against Carrier were false? 2. What are the numbers killed during the Salem with trials? 3. What was the emphasis as they celebrated the 300th anniversary of the Salem witch trials? What does this particular emphasis have to do with the Salem witch trials? 4. What does the article say that the witch trials represent? 5. Describe what took place in Parris’ house before the first signs of “witchcraft” emerged. 6. Why were Sarah Good, Tituba, and Sarah Osborne all obvious people to accuse of witchcraft? 7. Why were a special set of shackles made for Dorcas Good? 8. In what way did the girls who were accusing others of witchcraft seem to have the court under their control? 9. What is “spectral evidence” and what part did it play in the Salem witch trials? 10. To what do experts now attribute the outbursts? How did the Puritan culture contribute to these outbursts? 11. What do some believe was behind the allegations leveled by adults? 12. What did many of the women accused have in common? How did they threaten the Puritan’s society? 13. What does the article suggest is the best way to spot a witch hunt? 14. What are some modern-day witch hunts?