A Gathering of Days Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Joan W. Blos
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 120 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

A Gathering of Days Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Joan W. Blos
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of feast do the Halls have at their home?
(a) Harvest.
(b) New Year's.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Barn raising.

2. What does Catherine see Mr. Holt doing with a group of boys one day?
(a) Playing baseball.
(b) Practicing penmanship.
(c) Rehearsing a play.
(d) Reading from The Liberator newspaper.

3. How does Mr. Holt communicate his request to retain his position?
(a) In a telegram.
(b) In a letter.
(c) In public notices.
(d) In a speech.

4. How does Mr. Hall react when Catherine tells him about the boys on the thin ice?
(a) He talks to the boys about the dangers.
(b) He contacts the boys' parents.
(c) He wants to know their names.
(d) He tells her not to worry.

5. Where does Catherine see the apparition again?
(a) Behind the church.
(b) The schoolyard.
(c) By the stream.
(d) Piper's Woods.

6. Mr. Hall and Uncle Jack disagree about what topic?
(a) Farming.
(b) Runaway slaves.
(c) Politics.
(d) Child rearing.

7. How old does Catherine turn in Chapter 8?
(a) 14.
(b) 18.
(c) 21.
(d) 16.

8. In what room was Catherine born?
(a) Borning room.
(b) Bedroom.
(c) Stable.
(d) Kitchen.

9. Catherine, Cassie and Asa wonder if the phantom has found _________________.
(a) his way north.
(b) the quilt.
(c) his family.
(d) a place to stay.

10. What has been taken from the Shipmans' storeroom?
(a) Ladder.
(b) Grain.
(c) Pies.
(d) Shovel.

11. Who is Aunt Lucy seen kissing one night?
(a) Mr. Holt.
(b) Mr. Hall.
(c) Mr. Shipman.
(d) Mr. Hallowell.

12. What is different about the writing book when Catherine finds it?
(a) Someone has written a note inside the cover.
(b) The front and back covers are ripped off.
(c) All the pages have been written on.
(d) All the inside pages are missing.

13. What does Mrs. Shipman send to Mrs. Nelson?
(a) Bandages.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Milk.
(d) Food.

14. What are Mr. Hall's plans to marry Sophy?
(a) No plans.
(b) He wants to propose this month.
(c) He is thinking about it.
(d) He will think about it in a couple years.

15. Which of the following does Asa not discover missing?
(a) Cakes.
(b) Phantom's tracks.
(c) The phantom.
(d) The quilt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Catherine's friend?

2. Which family was the first and loudest to condemn Mr. Holt?

3. For what upcoming holiday does Mrs. Shipman help Catherine and Mary Martha prepare?

4. What do the men have to keep constant in the camp while tapping the trees?

5. What blocks passage on the roads?

(see the answer keys)

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