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

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

3. What does Catherine confess to hating in the first chapter?
(a) Vegetables.
(b) Spinning.
(c) Reading.
(d) Winter.

4. What is Catherine supposed to do on St. Faith's Day?
(a) Put a wedding ring under her pillow and dream of her husband.
(b) Put a penny in the well and make a wish.
(c) Pick a single rose from the garden and throw it in the lake.
(d) Confess her true feelings to the object of her affections.

5. What day is it at the end of the first chapter?
(a) Harvest Festival day.
(b) Catherine's birthday.
(c) Quarter rent day.
(d) A Saint's Day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Robert?

2. What has Edward taught Catherine to do?

3. Who passes through Catherine's village in October?

4. Where are Robert and Thomas in Chapter 1?

5. What or who comes several days after Uncle George's arrival in October?

(see the answer key)

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