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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mr. Hall's position on runaway slaves?
(a) They should be turned in.
(b) They should be given sanctuary for as long as needed.
(c) They should be given food and sent on their way.
(d) They should be ignored.

2. For what upcoming holiday does Mrs. Shipman help Catherine and Mary Martha prepare?
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Easter.
(d) Fourth of July.

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

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

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

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

7. Where does Catherine see the apparition again?
(a) By the stream.
(b) Piper's Woods.
(c) The schoolyard.
(d) Behind the church.

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

9. 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 don't need to know all the math that boys need to know.
(d) They like math more than the boys do.

10. To what does Mr. Holt agree?
(a) To teach only the brightest children.
(b) To teach what the state requires.
(c) To teach only what the town's elect group has approved.
(d) To teach the students who pay him.

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

12. Mrs. Hall is remembered as a woman of _______________.
(a) small stature.
(b) great girth.
(c) rotund appearance.
(d) statuesque height.

13. Mr. Hall and Uncle Jack disagree about what topic?
(a) Politics.
(b) Child rearing.
(c) Farming.
(d) Runaway slaves.

14. Catherine tells her father about boys who ________________________.
(a) throw small children onto the thin ice.
(b) lean over thin ice to catch a drink.
(c) refuse to go skating because the ice is too thin.
(d) skate in pairs over thin ice.

15. Who do the Shipmans accuse of taking the item from the storeroom?
(a) Matty.
(b) Mr. Hall.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Asa.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What frightens Catherine in the woods one day?

3. What new items do the Hall girls need when spring comes?

4. What technique does the author use to provide information about what happened in the past?

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

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