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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through September and October.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Perkin?
(a) Catherine's cousin.
(b) Catherine's brother.
(c) Catherine's uncle.
(d) Catherine's friend.

2. Who does the beautiful man on horseback tell Catherine he is going to propose to?
(a) Catherine's sister.
(b) Mary.
(c) Aelis.
(d) Catherine.

3. How does Catherine scare off Master Lack-Wit in the first chapter?
(a) By glaring at him throughout dinner.
(b) By laughing and crying at the drop of a hat.
(c) By making herself extremely unattractive.
(d) By pretending to be insane.

4. Why does Catherine rule out running off to a nunnery?
(a) The nunnery is too far away.
(b) The nunnery is an old damp building.
(c) She doesn't like old women.
(d) She doesn't want to do the required embroidery.

5. What does Catherine tell the man on horseback about the woman he plans to propose to?
(a) She is stupid and hunchbacked.
(b) She is quiet and insecure.
(c) She is mean-spirited and greedy.
(d) She is beautiful and smart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Catherine confess that she secretly wishes she was in Chapter 1?

2. What year is it at the beginning of the novel?

3. What historical figure does Catherine envison herself riding into battle like in October?

4. Why does Catherine put on boy's clothes in October?

5. What does Catherine dream about in October that angers her?

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