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1. Two-hundred people were accused of witchcraft, but how many people died as a result of the trials?
2. Of the people who died, which one met his end by being crushed to death?
3. Of the many accusers in the trials, who was the most active?
4. John Proctor was the youngest of the executed victims.
5. The 1800s writer, Nathaniel Hawthorne, was a direct descendant of one of the Salem trials judges.
6. Which accused victim was saved from hanging when it was discovered that she was pregnant?
7. Who was the local reverend whose daughter and niece were afflicted?
8. What was the name of the court that convened in Salem that oversaw the hearings of the accused?
9. Who was the chief magistrate of the court that oversaw the trials?
10. Finally, in what year were all the executed victims officially found fully innocent of all charges?
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