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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did this person who died in September die?
(a) Of a heart attack.
(b) In a brawl.
(c) Complications from giving birth.
(d) Attacked by a wild animal.

2. How did Aelis' engagement in September come about?
(a) The groom-to-be's father made the arrangements.
(b) Her father decided on the union.
(c) The groom-to-be asked her out of the blue.
(d) It was Aelis' idea.

3. What does Catherine buy for her birds in April?
(a) A special cover so they can sleep in the day.
(b) Cages shaped like castles.
(c) A new friend.
(d) A new kind of food especially for birds.

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

5. What does Catherine want to practice with Perkin in May?
(a) Piano.
(b) Spitting.
(c) Kissing.
(d) Reading.

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

7. Who returns to the home in August?
(a) Edward.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Catherine's father.
(d) Robert.

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

9. Who does Catherine think about when she is thinking of running away in September?
(a) The Jewish woman.
(b) Meg.
(c) Her new sister.
(d) Shaggy Beard.

10. What does Catherine start a book of in July?
(a) A book of recipes.
(b) A book of quotations.
(c) A book of observations.
(d) A book of remedies.

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

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

13. What does Catherine find Geoffrey doing that changes her opinion of him in April?
(a) He throws rocks at a peddler.
(b) He makes fun of Perkin.
(c) He dumps trash in the pond.
(d) He taunts an old man.

14. Who does Catherine learn has died when she returns home in September?
(a) Perkin.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Shaggy Beard.

15. Who is given the grandmother's cottage?
(a) Lady Aelis.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Meg and Alf.
(d) Perkin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Catherine do to Agnes in March?

2. Why does Robert bribe an abbess in August?

3. How does Catherine's mother feel after giving birth?

4. What does Shaggy Beard send to Catherine in July?

5. How does Catherine react to Aelis' impending marriage in September?

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