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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) Help him.
(b) Turn him in.
(c) Shoot him.
(d) Ignore him.

2. Which of the following does Asa not discover missing?
(a) The quilt.
(b) The phantom.
(c) Cakes.
(d) Phantom's tracks.

3. What did Mr. Holt's friend, Mr. Garrison, find?
(a) The American Red Cross.
(b) A church.
(c) A hospital.
(d) A newspaper.

4. What does Mr. Holt attempt to teach the children in addition to the fundamental subjects?
(a) Culinary arts.
(b) Moral education.
(c) Art history.
(d) Sex education.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Cassie and Catherine eventually decide to do regarding the phantom?

2. Why are Catherine and Cassie out of school?

3. Which of the following is not a subject taught by Mr. Holt?

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

5. Where does Catherine see the apparition again?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Asa's complaint regarding math studies at school?

5. What spooky story does Mr. Hall tell that foreshadows events in the woods?

6. How is Mrs. Hall remembered at a New Year's celebration?

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

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

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

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