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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. Who does Catherine decide to take a business proposal to after her parents refuse to let her use her dowry to open a bakery?

2. What does Hatta say works differently in Chess?

3. Why does Catherine choose to bake a key lime pie for the king?

4. Why does Catherine suspect Hatta of causing Turtle's transformation?

5. Who kills Jest?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mary Ann know that Lady Peter is the Jabberwock?

2. Why does Catherine grow increasingly frustrated with the way the King rules Hearts?

3. How does Hatta think he can escape the fate of going mad?

4. In Catherine's last encounter with the Jabberwock, why does the Jabberwock only have one eye?

5. Why is Catherine angry to learn that the Duke and Margaret are courting?

6. What is the reason that the Marquess gives Catherine for not allowing her to open a bakery?

7. Why is it so important to Catherine that she win the baking contest?

8. What is the secret to being able to find the treacle well?

9. Why does Mary Ann apologize to the courtiers as she walks into the theater?

10. What do the Sisters say Catherine's heart can do for them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay explaining how Meyer draws upon Greek mythology in developing the characters of the Sisters. Include how Meyer transforms the Fates into the Sisters in order to fit her story.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay describing how the author uses the story of the lobster and the turtle that is told at the beginning of the festival at Rock Turtle Cove to reflect on the relationship between Jest and Catherine. Explain the similarities between the two relationships and how the story may have influenced Catherine’s view of romantic love.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay discussing how Meyer develops the mystery of the Jabberwock. Examine the clues she leaves for readers about the identity of the Jabberwock and what caused the transformation.

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