A Gathering of Days Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Joan W. Blos
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 120 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

A Gathering of Days Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Joan W. Blos
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 120 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. What does Asa want to do with the runaway slave?
(a) Ignore him.
(b) Turn him in.
(c) Help him.
(d) Shoot him.

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

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

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

5. How do Cassie and Asa respond to Catherine's sighting of an apparition?
(a) They believe her.
(b) They tease her.
(c) They threaten to tell the minister about it.
(d) They are frightened too.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Catherine and Cassie out of school?

2. Where does Catherine's writing book appear after she loses it?

3. What type of feast do the Halls have at their home?

4. For what upcoming holiday does Mrs. Shipman help Catherine and Mary Martha prepare?

5. Who is Cassie's brother?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Catherine feel so much stress about helping the phantom?

2. Explain the theme of redemption regarding the Count of Zincheroff.

3. How does Mr. Hall lose his temper when the question of his marrying Aunt Lucy arises?

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

5. Why does Asa take the punishment for something he didn't do?

6. How is Mr. Hall's crafting of a chair an element of foreshadowing for the story?

7. What incident regarding some boys and the thin ice does Catherine tell her father and what is his response?

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

9. What job are men involved in as Chapter 9 begins?

10. Uncle Jack and Mr. Hall are both against slavery but have different views on how to address it. What are their conflicting views on a solution?

(see the answer keys)

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