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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 make a list of in January?
(a) The people she needs to apologize for.
(b) Things women can't do that she would like to do.
(c) Her favorite things.
(d) Groceries she needs to buy.

2. Who is Robert?
(a) Catherine's cousin.
(b) Catherine's father.
(c) Catherine's uncle.
(d) Catherine's brother.

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

4. Why does Robert give the puppy back to Catherine in January?
(a) The puppy bit Robert.
(b) The puppy peed on him.
(c) The puppy will not stop whimpering.
(d) Catherine whines about the puppy to her mother.

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) The nunnery is an old damp building.
(d) She doesn't like old women.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Catherine address Shaggy Beard in February?

3. What does Catherine's father keep trying to do to Catherine?

4. What are Catherine and her mother presented with when they visit an abbey in October?

5. What year is it at the beginning of the novel?

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