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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. Which family was the first and loudest to condemn Mr. Holt?
(a) The Hallowell family.
(b) The Hall family.
(c) The Shipman family.
(d) The M. family.

2. Which of the following does Catherine not love?
(a) Family.
(b) Prejudice.
(c) Friends.
(d) Home.

3. 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.

4. What does Catherine long to do as Chapter 2 ends?
(a) Learn to ski.
(b) Go to college.
(c) Get married.
(d) Host a gathering.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Catherine see that leads her to her decision on who has taken the item from the storeroom?

2. How does Mr. Hall apologize to Catherine?

3. In what format is the story written?

4. To whose home does Mr. Holt move?

5. What job are the men doing as Chapter 9 begins?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mr. Holt's style of teaching put him in trouble with the townspeople?

2. What does the quilt left for the phantom symbolize?

3. How is Mr. Holt able to sidestep the rules and still teach his moral teachings?

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

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

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

7. How do Cassie and Asa react to Catherine's spotting of an apparition?

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

9. How does the Hall family spend its first Thanksgiving since the death of Mrs. Hall?

10. What is Asa's philosophical stance on continuing to take punishment for things he did not do?

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