The Crucible - Summary Reading & Comprehension Exercises

The Crucible is a 1953 play by American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during the 1690s.

This play summary and Reading Comprehension is suitable for advanced to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including:

• comprehension questions
• a character match
• a multiple-choice exercise
• a crossword
• a fill-in-the-gaps exercise

This resource can be used as a mini-lesson, assigned for homework, or used for vocabulary-building purposes.

Total number of pages: 8

Answer key included