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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mr. Holt's profession?
(a) Minister.
(b) Tracker.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Farmer.

2. What keeps Catherine home from school?
(a) A snowstorm.
(b) Scarlet fever.
(c) She must help at home.
(d) The flu.

3. In what format is the story written?
(a) Journal.
(b) Documentary.
(c) Essay.
(d) Play.

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

5. What does Cassie want to do about the runaway slave?
(a) Turn him in.
(b) Let him sleep in the barn.
(c) Shoot him.
(d) Give him some clothes.

6. Who makes a surprise visit to the Halls' home?
(a) Mr. Formsby.
(b) Mrs. Shipman.
(c) Mr. Holt.
(d) Lucy.

7. How old is Catherine at the beginning of the story?
(a) 18.
(b) 21.
(c) 13.
(d) 10.

8. What does Catherine vow to do about the apparition?
(a) Stay away from the woods.
(b) Pray that the apparition will go away.
(c) Investigate the location further.
(d) Ask her father to go with her into the woods.

9. What does Mr. Holt attempt to teach the children in addition to the fundamental subjects?
(a) Sex education.
(b) Culinary arts.
(c) Art history.
(d) Moral education.

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

11. What do the men believe regarding the girls learning math?
(a) They grasp match concepts quicker than the boys do.
(b) They can't possibly comprehend the math.
(c) They like math more than the boys do.
(d) They don't need to know all the math that boys need to know.

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

13. What has happened to Catherine's mother?
(a) She went crazy.
(b) She died.
(c) She moved away.
(d) She was seriously injured.

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

15. Who has a birthday in Chapter 8?
(a) Asa.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Matty.
(d) Cassie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lucy bring with her in trunks?

2. What is the name of Catherine's infant brother who died?

3. What does Asa feel is unfair at school?

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

5. Who is accused of aiding the runaway slave?

(see the answer keys)

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