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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of bird does Catherine especially like?
(a) The goose.
(b) The robin.
(c) The chicken.
(d) The dove.

2. Who does Catherine confess to hating in the first chapter?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her tutor.

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

4. Who is the author of the novel Catherine, Called Birdy?
(a) Philip Pullman.
(b) Louisa May Alcott.
(c) J. K. Rowling.
(d) Karen Cushman.

5. What does Catherine dream about in October that angers her?
(a) Someone stealing her favorite bird.
(b) Her father making her marry a buffoon.
(c) Her brothers having fun while she toils away.
(d) The miller's farting apprentice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Catherine do with the beautiful man who arrives on horseback in October?

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

3. Besides her bedding, where else does Catherine have to pick out a certain insect?

4. Who is Perkin?

5. Why does Catherine fall in love with the monks' lifestyle?

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