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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Asa want to do with the runaway slave?
(a) Turn him in.
(b) Shoot him.
(c) Ignore him.
(d) Help him.

2. Why do the girls have exceptions regarding learning arithmetic?
(a) Because they can't comprehend it.
(b) Because they won't stay in school very long.
(c) Because they are better at other subjects.
(d) Because they are girls.

3. To what does Mr. Holt agree?
(a) To teach only the brightest children.
(b) To teach what the state requires.
(c) To teach the students who pay him.
(d) To teach only what the town's elect group has approved.

4. To whom does the Russian Count repay his debt?
(a) Matthew Hallowell.
(b) Joshua Holt.
(c) Jeremy Preston.
(d) James Presnall.

5. To what do Catherine's thoughts wander in school?
(a) A new dress.
(b) Her mother.
(c) The phantom and his journey.
(d) A new boy in school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the children doing as Chapter 6 begins?

2. What does Mr. Holt attempt to teach the children in addition to the fundamental subjects?

3. What happens when the weather is cold one day and hot the next?

4. What does Catherine long to do as Chapter 2 ends?

5. What blocks passage on the roads?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Catherine tell about her life as she begins her journal?

2. Who arrives for a visit at the Shipman house and how do Catherine and Cassie enjoy this person's visit?

3. Why does Asa take the punishment for something he didn't do?

4. How does a big snowstorm impact Catherine and her family?

5. What do Asa and Catherine decide to do when they determine that the phantom is a runaway slave?

6. What does Catherine see in one of Mr. Holt's newspapers that particularly upsets her?

7. How does sexism surface again in the story--this time regarding math studies?

8. What incident regarding some boys and the thin ice does Catherine tell her father and what is his response?

9. Why does Catherine believe her father responded in a sexist manner when she told him about the boys near the thin ice?

10. How does Mr. Hall lose his temper when the question of his marrying Aunt Lucy arises?

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