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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 does Catherine put on boy's clothes in October?
(a) To be able to compete in an archery contest.
(b) To join the circus.
(c) To try and travel with the group that is passing through her town.
(d) To trick her aunt who she has never met.

2. What month is it at the beginning of the novel?
(a) December.
(b) July.
(c) September.
(d) March.

3. Where are Robert and Thomas in Chapter 1?
(a) Recovering from illness near the sea.
(b) Studying at the abbey.
(c) Fighting in the Crusades.
(d) Away on business.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What rodent does Catherine liken the visitor to in February?

2. What does Catherine dream about in October that angers her?

3. What does Catherine see on her way home at the beginning of December?

4. How does Catherine record her thoughts and feelings?

5. What does the reader learn about Catherine's mother's youth in November?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Catherine's social status?

2. Who does Lady Aelis marry in January? How does George react?

3. What does Catherine share about Lady Aelis in February?

4. What does Catherine think of the abbey and the monk's lifestyle when she visits her brother?

5. How does Catherine scare off a suitor in December?

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

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

8. How does Catherine scare off a suitor in February?

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

10. How has the Crusades affected Catherine's family?

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