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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 gift did Mammann give to Catherine that she wears to church for the first time?
(a) A gray cape.
(b) A pink dress.
(c) A yellow ribbon.
(d) A blue bonnet.

2. What do Catherine and Cassie do at the Shipman house?
(a) Read.
(b) Cook.
(c) Sew.
(d) The laundry.

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

4. Who is Cassie's older brother?
(a) Devin.
(b) David.
(c) Daniel.
(d) Derrick.

5. What happens to Cassie after she gets a fever?
(a) She gets the flu.
(b) She gets better after a week.
(c) She has to stay home from school.
(d) She dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the new school year delayed for a day?

2. What does Mr. Hall suggest that Catherine send with him when he returns to Boston to marry Ann?

3. How long has Catherine kept her journal?

4. Where does Catherine prepare to go in the spring?

5. What does Ann ban from the Hall household?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the irony related to judging in the church?

2. Describe the arrival of Ann and Daniel.

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

4. What name does Catherine feel comfortable calling Ann?

5. Cite examples that support the theme of loss in Chapter 17.

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

7. Describe how the boys in the class revolt against the new teacher's severe punishment measures.

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

9. How does the author use foreshadowing related to Cassie getting cold after swimming?

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

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