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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. 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.

2. What is Catherine's last name?
(a) Hall.
(b) Harmon.
(c) Hallowell.
(d) Hanson.

3. Who teaches Catherine and her sister housekeeping techniques?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Mr. Hall.
(d) Mrs. Shipman.

4. To whose home does Mr. Holt move?
(a) The Voiles home.
(b) The M. home.
(c) The Hall home.
(d) The Shipman home.

5. Catherine, Cassie and Asa wonder if the phantom has found _________________.
(a) a place to stay.
(b) his family.
(c) his way north.
(d) the quilt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is made from the tree sap?

2. Who wipes away Catherine's tears when she cries about the quilt?

3. Who hosts the Thanksgiving meal?

4. What does Catherine see Mr. Holt doing with a group of boys one day?

5. How does Mr. Hall apologize to Catherine?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who arrives for a visit at the Shipman house and how do Catherine and Cassie enjoy this person's visit?

2. How does Mr. Holt's style of teaching put him in trouble with the townspeople?

3. Describe the story of the runaway Williams boy becoming a Russian Count.

4. What memories and feelings are stirred up as Matty turns 8?

5. How does sexism surface again in the story--this time regarding math studies?

6. How do Mr. Hall and Uncle Jack differ on their opinions of runaway slaves?

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

8. What does the quilt left for the phantom symbolize?

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

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

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