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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Catherine afraid for her mother's life in February?
(a) Her mother falls down a flight of stairs.
(b) Her mother is pregnant again.
(c) Her mother catches a cold.
(d) Her mother gets lost in the rain.

2. What is Edward's job or calling?
(a) He is a monk.
(b) He is a carpenter.
(c) He is a knight.
(d) He is in the army.

3. What did Catherine's maternal grandfather do to Catherine's paternal grandfather in the past?
(a) He bought his land.
(b) He cheated him out of some woods.
(c) He stole his second wife.
(d) He killed him in battle.

4. Who is Morwenna?
(a) Catherine's friend.
(b) Catherine's mother.
(c) Catherine's cousin.
(d) Catherine's nurse.

5. Who is Catherine the daughter of?
(a) A knight.
(b) A blacksmith.
(c) A baker.
(d) A pastor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are there none of in England as of December?

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

3. What does Catherine tell the man on horseback about the woman he plans to propose to?

4. What does Catherine throw in with the pigs that she has to retrieve in October?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Jewish woman tell Catherine when a Jewish group passes through the village? Why does she tell her this?

2. What happens in the hall in February?

3. What does Catherine imagine about her father in November?

4. How does Catherine take care of others in January? How does she feel about this?

5. Who are the members of Catherine's family? What does the reader learn about them?

6. Why does Catherine cry a lot in November?

7. What are some things that Catherine likes and dislikes? What are some of her hopes and dreams?

8. What does Catherine think of birds?

9. What does Catherine do during a feast at the end of November?

10. Describe Catherine's visit with the King's cousin.

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