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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. To what do Catherine's thoughts wander in school?
2. For what upcoming holiday does Mrs. Shipman help Catherine and Mary Martha prepare?
3. Which of the following does Catherine not love?
4. What do the men believe regarding the girls learning math?
5. To whose home does Mr. Holt move?
Short Essay Questions
1. What spooky story does Mr. Hall tell that foreshadows events in the woods?
2. How is Mr. Holt able to sidestep the rules and still teach his moral teachings?
3. How does Mr. Hall lose his temper when the question of his marrying Aunt Lucy arises?
4. What memories and feelings are stirred up as Matty turns 8?
5. What incident regarding some boys and the thin ice does Catherine tell her father and what is his response?
6. Why does Catherine feel so much stress about helping the phantom?
7. How does the Hall family spend its first Thanksgiving since the death of Mrs. Hall?
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. What has been stolen from the Shipmans' storeroom and who is accused of the theft?
10. What news does Sophy tell her friends about where she will be going and why she is going there?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Explain the significance of the book's title. What did the author mean by calling the story A GATHERING OF DAYS? Cite an example to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Explain the role of girls and women in the 1830s in New England. What precedents do they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions do they have? What freedoms did they have that 21st century women do not have?
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