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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. Who does Catherine tell Jest taught her to bake?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Mary Ann.
(c) She learned at school.
(d) The cook.

2. Why does the Duke hesitate to lease the shop to Catherine?
(a) He worries that the Marquess will not approve.
(b) He does not think Catherine will be able to pay the rent.
(c) He does not think women should own businesses.
(d) He does not like Catherine.

3. What does Catherine see on her windowsill following the King's request to court her?
(a) A white rose.
(b) A heart shaped box of chocolates.
(c) A bottle of perfume.
(d) A lemon tart.

4. What does Catherine tell Cheshire she plans to do in response to the King's many gifts of flowers and poetry?
(a) Send the King tarts.
(b) Tell the King to stop.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Go to the palace to visit the King.

5. What do Catherine and Mary Ann find as they are leaving Peter Peter's pumpkin patch?
(a) The Jabberwock's lair.
(b) A tiny carousel pony.
(c) Lady Peter locked inside a pumpkin.
(d) A Jabberwock footprint.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Catherine ask to create a distraction so she can leave the ball?

2. What does Catherine miss by leaving the King's ball early?

3. Who leaves Hatta's shop first to create a distraction for the Jabberwock?

4. What game does Margaret pretend to play with Catherine to avoid the Duke at the tea party?

5. What does the hat that Margaret wears to the King's tea party look like?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Catherine baking lemon tarts at the beginning of the book?

2. Why is Catherine so hungry while at the ball despite the fact that there is an enormous banquet table?

3. Why is Catherine flustered at the King's tea party by the King asking her if she likes Jest?

4. After the King asks permission to court Catherine, how does Catherine know that Jest is waiting outside her window?

5. Why does Catherine think that the riddle Hatta tells her about a heart is inaccurate?

6. Why does Catherine insist on going to Peter Peter's pumpkin patch to get a pumpkin for the baking contest?

7. What talent does Catherine "perform" at Hatta's tea party?

8. Why was Peter Peter knighted?

9. Why does Lion agree to be the last one to enter the Crossroads when the Jabberwock attacks the tea party?

10. Why does Jest decline to tell Catherine where Hatta and Haigha are from?

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