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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through November through February.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Catherine see on her way home at the beginning of December?
(a) A funeral procession.
(b) A fight between two old friends.
(c) A group of boys throwing rocks at a cat.
(d) An old woman fainting.

2. What is Catherine horrified by at the beginning of December?
(a) The reality of childbirth.
(b) How young the criminal is.
(c) The tasteless jokes that the villagers make.
(d) A group of hoodlums injuring a cat.

3. Where does Catherine and Lady Aelis decide to meet in one weeks' time in October?
(a) By the lake.
(b) At Catherine's home.
(c) In church.
(d) In a nearby field.

4. What historical figure does Catherine envison herself riding into battle like in October?
(a) Joan of Arc.
(b) Robin Hood.
(c) Queen Eleanor.
(d) William Wallace.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the likely reason that Robert is marrying in February?

2. What does Catherine have to pick out of her bedding?

3. What does Catherine dream about in October that angers her?

4. Where are Robert and Thomas in Chapter 1?

5. How does Catherine behave to a suitor in February?

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