1. The thirteen Pendle witches of Lancashire became notorious following their trial. In what year was this trial conducted? 1512 1612 1712 1812

2. In which Lancashire city or town were eleven of the witches tried and subsequently executed? Preston Liverpool Manchester Lancaster

3. By what means were the Pendle witches of Lancashire executed? Burnt at the stake Hanging Drowned by dipping Beheaded

4. All thirteen witches tried and convicted were females. True False

5. Why was Jennet Preston jailed, tried and sentenced at York when all the others were dealt with in Lancaster? She lived across the border from Pendle in Yorkshire She was kept apart from the others because she had turned King's evidence She was a juvenile and there were no juvenile facilities at Lancaster gaol Lancaster Gaol was too full to accommodate her

6. Two elderly grandmother figures and their respective families had fallen out with one another. Both were deemed to be Pendle witches. They gave evidence against one another. By what names were they commonly known? Sabrina and Matilda Wicked Witch of the West & Wicked Witch of the East Morticia and Lily Demdike and Chattox

7. It was Alizon Device who made the first voluntary confessions to having bewitched John Law in order to kill him. An incident that resulted in his dying from a seizure had occurred before her very eyes. Why did she bewitch him? He was a pedlar who refused to sell her some pins He had previously offended her mother She had been told to by a mysterious black dog He had indecently assaulted her

8. Seventeen Pendle people had allegedly been murdered by witchcraft by the Pendle witches. Which witch (is that alliteration?) was convicted of killing the most people? Chattox Alice Nutter Demdike James Device

9. Each of the Pendle witches confessed to having a 'familiar spirit', i.e. an imp or spirit that served them through witchcraft. Which of these was NOT a familiar spirit that served a Pendle witch? A black dog A cloven hoofed man A white foal A yellow ladybird

10. Robert Neill wrote an excellent, fictional yet historically accurate, novel about the Pendle witches that was published in 1951. What was its title? "Dead Witch Walking" "The Third Witch" "Son of a Witch" "Mist Over Pendle"