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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 is helping Catherine.
(b) He wants to set a good example.
(c) He is saving the phantom's life.
(d) He wants to defy his father.

2. What accident does Mrs. Nelson have with the cow?
(a) It stomps on her foot.
(b) It jerks and sends a horn through her cheek.
(c) It kicks her in the shins.
(d) It knocks her into the water trough.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Asa not discover missing?

2. To whom does the Russian Count repay his debt?

3. Who is Mrs. Shipman's sister?

4. In what state does Catherine live?

5. What happens when the weather is cold one day and hot the next?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Catherine tell about her life as she begins her journal?

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

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

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

5. How does the author use the metaphor of a growing infant to indicate the change in seasons?

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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