Read the passage from Act 1, Part 3, of The Crucible. (Enter Mary Warren, breathless. She is seventeen, a subservient, naive, lonely girl.)

MARY WARREN: What’ll we do? The village is out! I just come from the farm; the whole country’s talkin’ witchcraft! They’ll be callin’ us witches, Abby!

MERCY (pointing and looking at Mary Warren): She means to tell, I know it.

MARY WARREN: Abby, we’ve got to tell. Witchery’s a hangin’ error, a hangin’ like they done in Boston two year ago! We must tell the truth, Abby! You’ll only be whipped for dancin’, and the other things!

ABIGAIL: Oh, we’ll be whipped!

MARY WARREN: I never done none of it, Abby. I only looked!

MERCY (moving menacingly toward Mary): Oh, you’re a great one for lookin’, aren’t you, Mary Warren? What a grand peeping courage you have!

How do the dialogue and the stage directions work together to advance the plot in the passage?

Select all that apply.

The Crucible, Act 1, Part 3

A. The stage directions and dialogue express conflict among Mary Warren, Mercy, and Abigail.
B. The stage directions and dialogue reveal information about Mary Warren’s traits and personality.
C. The stage directions identify Mary Warren’s, Mercy’s, and Abigail’s thoughts and physical appearances.
D. The dialogue reveals that the townspeople are growing angry about the witchcraft in the village.