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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 time of year is it when Chapter 10 begins?
(a) Halloween.
(b) Christmas vacation.
(c) The end of the school year.
(d) The beginning of the school year.

2. Ann is sensitive to Catherine's feelings regarding what?
(a) Household matters.
(b) Boys.
(c) School.
(d) Clothing.

3. Who supervises Catherine's project?
(a) Mr. Hall.
(b) Mrs. Shipman.
(c) Ann.
(d) Mr. Holt.

4. What has Mr. Hall had made for his trip to Boston?
(a) A new wardrobe.
(b) A new coat.
(c) A new carriage.
(d) A new pair of boots.

5. Why is the new school year delayed for a day?
(a) The rains cause flooding in the town.
(b) A swarm of locusts invades the town.
(c) The new teacher arrives late.
(d) The weather is too hot to go to school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Catherine receive in the mail?

2. Who leaves flowers on a note for Catherine?

3. What do Catherine and Cassie do at the Shipman house?

4. What gift did Mammann give to Catherine that she wears to church for the first time?

5. What does Ann ban from the Hall household?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the story of the rock slide that killed the Wiley family and the moral that can be told from it.

2. How is the theme of trust exhibited between Asa and Catherine regarding his poem for Sophy?

3. Describe the arrival of Ann and Daniel.

4. Explain why spring is a metaphor for the new dynamics of the Hall family.

5. What name does Catherine feel comfortable calling Ann?

6. What is the reason for Mr. Hall's delayed return from Boston?

7. How is trust exhibited between Mr. Hall and Mr. Shipman?

8. What are the circumstances that precipitate Catherine's leaving home?

9. Describe how Ann is becoming both physically and emotionally stronger since her arrival at the Hall household.

10. What is the symbolism of the blue bonnet that Catherine wears in Chapter 18?

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