Text Box:                                        Test Your Salem Savvy                                1. How many women were burned at the stake in the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?   2. Salem is named after a town in a.       England b.       India c.       Barbados d.       None of the above   3.       Salem was founded in 1626 by a discontented colonist from the Boston settlement.      True      False   4.       The first long-distance telephone call was made from Salem to Boston in 1877.      True      False   5.       The first house in the world to be lighted by electricity was in Salem.      True             False   6.       How many Dunkin’ Donuts stores are there in Salem? a. 12 b. 6 c. None   7. The first armed encounter of the American Revolution occurred in Salem. It was called                      a.  The Putnam Conflict.             b.  The Ft. Pickering Rebellion             c.  Leslie’s Retreat   8.  Pioneer Village is             a.  A recreation of 1630 Salem             b.  A condo development in modern Salem             c.  Nonexistent   9.  The first train to connect Boston and Salem was built in             a.  1838             b.  1864             c.  1899   10.  Stephen Palfrey Webb served as mayor of Salem from 1842-1845. He left Salem in 1853 and  was elected mayor of what other city?               a. San Francisco               b. Chicago               c. Lynn, Massachusetts          Text Box:                       Quiz Yourself                                       

   

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