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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. Why does Asa continue to take punishment for something he did not do?
(a) He wants to defy his father.
(b) He is saving the phantom's life.
(c) He wants to set a good example.
(d) He is helping Catherine.

2. What does Catherine see that leads her to her decision on who has taken the item from the storeroom?
(a) Footprints in the snow.
(b) A glimpse of the true offender.
(c) A reflection in a mirror.
(d) A big shadow.

3. What type of animals are used to clear the road?
(a) Horses.
(b) Oxen.
(c) Mules.
(d) Cows.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the children doing as Chapter 6 begins?

2. What do Catherine and Cassie do with the items Lucy has brought?

3. Who hosts the Thanksgiving meal?

4. Which of the children complains about school?

5. Which of the following does Catherine not love?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What news does Sophy tell her friends about where she will be going and why she is going there?

4. What changes must Mr. Holt make in order to appease the townspeople related to his moral teachings?

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

6. What do Asa and Catherine decide to do when they determine that the phantom is a runaway slave?

7. What does Catherine see in one of Mr. Holt's newspapers that particularly upsets her?

8. What has been stolen from the Shipmans' storeroom and who is accused of the theft?

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

10. What two instances of flashback are used in Chapter 8?

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