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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 does Catherine dream about in October that angers her?
(a) Her father making her marry a buffoon.
(b) Her brothers having fun while she toils away.
(c) The miller's farting apprentice.
(d) Someone stealing her favorite bird.

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

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

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

5. What does the reader learn about Catherine's mother's youth in November?
(a) She was the ward of a baron.
(b) She was a tomboy.
(c) She was ill for most of her youth.
(d) She was desired by every bachelor in the county.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Aelis feel about her marriage?

2. What does Uncle George bring for Catherine in October?

3. How does the King swear?

4. Who is Robert?

5. Where does Catherine and Lady Aelis decide to meet in one weeks' time in October?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Catherine's social status?

2. Why does Catherine cry a lot in November?

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

4. Who are some of the characters that the reader is introduced to early on in the novel?

5. Describe Uncle George's homecoming.

6. Who is Lady Aelis?

7. How did Catherine's parents meet?

8. What does Shaggy Beard do in February that upsets Catherine?

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

10. What does Robert do in January?

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