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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the weather in Chapter 5?

2. Who had made the quilt given to the phantom?

3. In what format is the story written?

4. Catherine, Cassie and Asa wonder if the phantom has found _________________.

5. Catherine finds a note that tells her to ________________________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Mr. Hall's crafting of a chair an element of foreshadowing for the story?

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

8. How does the Hall family spend its first Thanksgiving since the death of Mrs. Hall?

9. What does the quilt left for the phantom symbolize?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the first Mrs Hall and the second Mrs. Hall. How are they different? How are they similar?

Essay Topic 2

Slavery takes on a human persona in this story in the form of the phantom. What is this literary technique called? Cite examples that support this position.

Essay Topic 3

Create a brief character study of Ann. What does she look like? What are her positive personality traits? What are some of her negative characteristics? What are her hopes and fears? What motivates her--if anything--at this point in her life?

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