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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. What is Master Lack-Wit's job?
(a) He is a sergeant.
(b) He is a wool merchant.
(c) He is a silk merchant.
(d) He is a doctor.

2. What does Catherine have to pick out of her bedding?
(a) Moths.
(b) Fleas.
(c) Ticks.
(d) Spiders.

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

4. What rodent does Catherine liken the visitor to in February?
(a) A squirrel.
(b) A mouse.
(c) A rat.
(d) A chipmunk.

5. Where has Catherine's Uncle George been for the last twenty years?
(a) Spain living with his mother.
(b) By the sea recuperating from an illness.
(c) Exploring uncharted territories.
(d) Fighting in the Crusades.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Catherine put on boy's clothes in October?

2. Why is Catherine afraid for her mother's life in February?

3. How does Catherine behave to a suitor in February?

4. Who is Perkin?

5. How does the King swear?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Lady Aelis?

2. What is the setting of the novel Catherine, Called Birdy?

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

4. Why does the house have a huge feast in late February?

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

6. What does Catherine learn about the outside world in December?

7. Describe Uncle George's homecoming.

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

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

10. What does Catherine observe of the Jewish group that passes through the village?

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