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

3. Whose mother has an accident with a cow?
(a) Asa Sampson's.
(b) Joshua Nelson's.
(c) James Hallowell's.
(d) Mr. Hall's.

4. Which of Catherine's classmates must leave home to work?
(a) Susy.
(b) Sally.
(c) Sandy.
(d) Sophy.

5. Which of the following is not a subject taught by Mr. Holt?
(a) Writing.
(b) Reading.
(c) Cyphering.
(d) Health and hygiene.

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

7. How is the weather in Chapter 5?
(a) Very cold.
(b) Moderate.
(c) Very hot and humid.
(d) Rainy.

8. What does Mr. Holt give Catherine permission to do?
(a) Start a sewing club.
(b) Produce a play.
(c) Bring her writing book home.
(d) Give a graduation speech.

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

10. Catherine believes that _____________ has taken the item from the storeroom?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Asa.
(c) The phantom.
(d) Matty.

11. What happens when the weather is cold one day and hot the next?
(a) The sap stops flowing.
(b) The kids get bad colds.
(c) The locusts swarm in.
(d) The old people get pneumonia.

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

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

14. What is made from the tree sap?
(a) Candy.
(b) Gum.
(c) Syrup.
(d) Sugar.

15. What technique does the author use to provide information about what happened in the past?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Onomatapoeia
(d) Flashback.