Read this passage from Act 2, Part 5, of The Crucible.
CHEEVER (wide-eyed, trembling): The girl, the Williams girl, Abigail Williams, sir. She sat to dinner in
Reverend Parris's house tonight, and without word nor warnin' she falls to the floor. Like a struck
beast, he says, and screamed a scream that a bull would weep to hear. And he goes to save her,
and, stuck two inches in the flesh of her belly, he draw a needle out. And demandin' of her how she
come to be so stabbed, she (to Proctor now) testify it were your wife's familiar spirit pushed it in.
How does this report impact the reader's understanding of the characters?
Select all that apply.