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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 is different about the writing book when Catherine finds it?
(a) All the inside pages are missing.
(b) All the pages have been written on.
(c) The front and back covers are ripped off.
(d) Someone has written a note inside the cover.

2. Catherine finds a note that tells her to ________________________.
(a) come to the woods at midnight.
(b) write a poem.
(c) read a love letter.
(d) meet someone at the stone.

3. What frightens Catherine in the woods one day?
(a) An apparition.
(b) A deer.
(c) An owl.
(d) A rustling noise.

4. What does Mr. Hall not tell Catherine about the day she was born?
(a) What the family owned.
(b) The heavy snowfall the night before.
(c) How new their house was.
(d) The name of the midwife.

5. How is the weather in Chapter 5?
(a) Very cold.
(b) Moderate.
(c) Rainy.
(d) Very hot and humid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What suffers as a result of Catherine's preoccupation with the phantom?

2. What does Mr. Hall think is the source of Catherine's distraction?

3. Who is accused of aiding the runaway slave?

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

5. Why does Catherine miss school in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What mystery takes place regarding Catherine's writing book?

3. What is Asa's philosophical stance on continuing to take punishment for things he did not do?

4. Why does Catherine believe her father responded in a sexist manner when she told him about the boys near the thin ice?

5. Who becomes ill in the Hall household and who cares for this person?

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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