View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Master Lack-Wit's job?
(a) He is a sergeant.
(b) He is a wool merchant.
(c) He is a silk merchant.
(d) He is a doctor.

2. What does Catherine begin to teach Perkin to do in January?
(a) How to read.
(b) How to play the piano.
(c) How to sing.
(d) How to sew.

3. Who comes for a visit in February?
(a) The King's niece.
(b) The King's cousin.
(c) The King's advisor.
(d) The King's sister.

4. Who is Robert?
(a) Catherine's brother.
(b) Catherine's father.
(c) Catherine's cousin.
(d) Catherine's uncle.

5. How does Catherine describe Master Lack-Wit?
(a) As dashing and graceful but extremely snobby.
(b) A stupid country bumpkin with more money than he deserves.
(c) As being ugly, middle-aged and having a plugged nose.
(d) As much of a nuisance as the bugs in her bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Catherine scare off Master Lack-Wit in the first chapter?

2. Who does the beautiful man on horseback tell Catherine he is going to propose to?

3. Who is Thomas?

4. Who does Aelis marry in January?

5. Who is Perkin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Uncle George's homecoming.

2. What does Catherine learn about the outside world in December?

3. How has the Crusades affected Catherine's family?

4. How does Catherine scare off a suitor in February?

5. What does Shaggy Beard do in February that upsets Catherine?

6. What does Catherine think of the abbey and the monk's lifestyle when she visits her brother?

7. What is the setting of the novel Catherine, Called Birdy?

8. Why does Catherine cry a lot in November?

9. Describe Catherine's visit with the King's cousin.

10. What are some examples of how life was different in the 1200's compared to how they are now?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 882 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample