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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Catherine see at the fair that greatly upsets her?
(a) A mistreated dancing bear.
(b) A fight between a husband and wife.
(c) A lady with a beard.
(d) The taunting of a small and defenseless boy.

2. Who is not feeling well in April?
(a) Catherine's mother.
(b) Perkin.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Catherine's father.

3. What does Catherine do to Geoffrey in April?
(a) She makes him cry.
(b) She spits on him.
(c) She shoves him in the pond.
(d) She yells at him in front of the other villagers.

4. What is the Crossbridge Miracle?
(a) An impressive result in a crossbow tournament.
(b) A formerly paralyzed man crossed a thirty-feet bridge on foot.
(c) A man woke up with the supposed ability to speak fluent Hebrew.
(d) A mother gave birth to eighteen children within five years.

5. What does Catherine question in March?
(a) Her friendships.
(b) Her mother's compliments.
(c) Her father's motives for marrying her off.
(d) Her religious teachings.

6. How does Catherine react to Aelis' impending marriage in September?
(a) She is dumbfounded.
(b) She is horrified.
(c) She is indifferent to the idea.
(d) She is excited.

7. Who visits at the beginning of May that dismays Catherine?
(a) Geoffrey.
(b) Shaggy Beard.
(c) Robert.
(d) Shaggy Beard's agents.

8. Who comes to visit in July?
(a) Lady Aelis.
(b) Edward.
(c) George and Ethelfritha.
(d) Geoffrey.

9. What does Catherine do to prepare for her impending marriage to Shaggy Beard?
(a) She styles her hair differently.
(b) She frees her birds and packs.
(c) She walks around her house remembering things from her childhood.
(d) She writes a letter to her sister.

10. Why does Robert bribe an abbess in August?
(a) To look after Catherine's dowry.
(b) To look after the bear.
(c) To keep Catherine's doubts a secret.
(d) To look after Catherine.

11. How does Catherine's mother feel after giving birth?
(a) She is depressed and weak.
(b) She feels joyous.
(c) She is feverish and ill.
(d) She is tired but in good spirits.

12. What event is celebrated in March?
(a) Catherine's father's birthday.
(b) Catherine's engagement.
(c) The New Year.
(d) Thomas' wedding.

13. What is August the month of?
(a) The harvest.
(b) Peace.
(c) Rememberance.
(d) Reflection.

14. What does Catherine do when the riders come for her for the wedding?
(a) She yells at them.
(b) She tells them to leave.
(c) She runs to Perkin's.
(d) She hands them her bags in silence.

15. Who dies in July?
(a) Catherine's uncle.
(b) Perkin.
(c) Aelis' young husband.
(d) Robert.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Catherine talk to her mother about in July?

2. What does Edward do in March?

3. What does Catherine imagine after Robert leaves with his wife in March?

4. How does Catherine feel about her soon-to-be-husband?

5. What is Catherine's new sister called?

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