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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. Chapter 8 addresses a heated debate between ______________ and the townspeople.
(a) Mrs. Shipman.
(b) Aunt Lucy.
(c) Mr. Holt.
(d) Mr. Hall.

2. How does Mr. Holt get away with reading The Liberator to the students?
(a) He gets permission from the minister.
(b) He does it after class hours.
(c) He gets permission from their parents.
(d) He disguises it as current events lessons.

3. Why does Catherine miss school in Chapter 7?
(a) She broke her leg.
(b) She has a toothache.
(c) She is ill.
(d) She has to help with the harvest.

4. How do Cassie and Asa respond to Catherine's sighting of an apparition?
(a) They threaten to tell the minister about it.
(b) They tease her.
(c) They are frightened too.
(d) They believe her.

5. What rules does the teacher change for boys and girls?
(a) Grammar.
(b) History.
(c) Arithmetic.
(d) Etiquette.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had made the quilt given to the phantom?

2. What suffers as a result of Catherine's preoccupation with the phantom?

3. What accident does Mrs. Nelson have with the cow?

4. How does Mr. Holt communicate his request to retain his position?

5. What did Mr. Holt's friend, Mr. Garrison, find?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has been stolen from the Shipmans' storeroom and who is accused of the theft?

2. What spooky story does Mr. Hall tell that foreshadows events in the woods?

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

4. Who becomes ill in the Hall household and who cares for this person?

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

6. How is Mrs. Hall remembered at a New Year's celebration?

7. How is Mr. Hall's crafting of a chair an element of foreshadowing for the story?

8. Why does Catherine feel so much stress about helping the phantom?

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

10. What news does Sophy tell her friends about where she will be going and why she is going there?

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