3. What does Asa feel is unfair at school?
(a) They start too early in the fall.
(b) The way the teacher changes the rules for boys and girls.
(c) They go too long in the summer.
(d) The hours are too long.

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

5. What job are the men doing as Chapter 9 begins?
(a) Raising a barn.
(b) Building a fence.
(c) Collecting tree sap.
(d) Planting corn.

6. Who is accused of aiding the runaway slave?
(a) Mr. Hall.
(b) Mrs. Shipman.
(c) Asa.
(d) Mr. Holt.

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

8. How does Mr. Holt communicate his request to retain his position?
(a) In a letter.
(b) In a telegram.
(c) In a speech.
(d) In public notices.

9. Which of the children complains about school?
(a) Asa.
(b) Cassie.
(c) Matty.
(d) Catherine.

10. Who is Catherine's school teacher?
(a) Mr. Holden.
(b) Mr. Hallowell.
(c) Mr. Holt.
(d) Mr. Shipman.

11. According to Asa, the skin cools __________________.
(a) after a bath.
(b) in the woods.
(c) in the icehouse.
(d) after thrashings.

12. Who hosts the Thanksgiving meal?
(a) The Shipmans.
(b) The Lenoxes.
(c) The Halls.
(d) The Millers.

13. What special day does Mr. Hall tell Catherine about?
(a) The day she was born.
(b) The day she was baptized.
(c) The day he married her mother.
(d) Christmas Day.

14. What do the men have to keep constant in the camp while tapping the trees?
(a) Humidity level.
(b) Water level.
(c) Fires.
(d) Cooling temperatures.

15. What new items do the Hall girls need when spring comes?
(a) Dresses.
(b) Aprons.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Hats.