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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Catherine feel about her partner in February?
(a) She thinks he is disgusting.
(b) She thinks he looks sad.
(c) She thinks he is kind and sweet.
(d) She thinks he is a funny dancer.

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

3. Why does Catherine put on boy's clothes in October?
(a) To join the circus.
(b) To be able to compete in an archery contest.
(c) To try and travel with the group that is passing through her town.
(d) To trick her aunt who she has never met.

4. Who visits Catherine and her family in December?
(a) Edward.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Peter.
(d) Henry.

5. How does the family celebrate Robert's marriage?
(a) With a huge feast.
(b) With a small dinner.
(c) With a day of sports and games.
(d) With a dance in the town square.

6. What year is it at the beginning of the novel?
(a) 1290.
(b) 1846.
(c) 960.
(d) 1412.

7. Who stops Catherine's dog from being killed in February?
(a) Perkin.
(b) George.
(c) Shaggy Beard.
(d) Robert.

8. How does Catherine behave to a suitor in February?
(a) She is childish and sarcastic.
(b) She is flirtacious.
(c) She is rude to him and sulks the whole time.
(d) She is kind but distant.

9. What does Catherine begin to teach Perkin to do in January?
(a) How to play the piano.
(b) How to read.
(c) How to sew.
(d) How to sing.

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

11. Why is Catherine excited at the end of January?
(a) Because Aelis will soon be visiting.
(b) Because her tutor will teach her about the Crusades.
(c) Because she will visit her brother.
(d) Because she is going to court.

12. What does Catherine complain about in January?
(a) That she must treat everyone's illnesses and hangovers.
(b) That she must marry someone she does not love.
(c) That she has such mean brothers.
(d) That her hair does not grow.

13. Who does the beautiful man on horseback tell Catherine he is going to propose to?
(a) Aelis.
(b) Catherine's sister.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Mary.

14. Who does Catherine consider casting a spell on in November?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her suitor.
(c) George and Aelis.
(d) Her father.

15. How does Aelis feel about her marriage?
(a) She is surprisingly attracted to her new husband.
(b) She is indifferent towards her new husband.
(c) She is afraid of her husband as he has a temper.
(d) She hasn't yet met her husband and she still loves George.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Catherine's Uncle George been for the last twenty years?

2. Who is Catherine's partner during the festivities in February?

3. How does the King swear?

4. Who are the villagers building a cottage for in October?

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

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