1. according to the text, why are all americans descendants of the puritans, at least a little bit? a) because almost everyone in america today is a blood relative of a puritan. b) because most americans today practice the same religion as the puritans did. c) because many american laws and ideas come from puritan laws and ideas. 2. why were puritans expected to spy on and report their neighbors to the authorities? a) to make sure only puritans were working in the towns. b) to make money by earning rewards for turning them in. c) to keep the community pure and perfect. 3. believing in witches was normal during the 1600s. a) true b) false 4. what religious question was hard for puritans to explain, which made it easy to blame witches for bad things that happened? a) if god is good, why is there evil? b) if people were naturally sinful, why were some people good? c) if people could be perfect, why did some people do bad things? 5. how many people were executed as witches in salem, massachusetts in the 1690s? a) twenty b) more than 100 c) two