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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Catherine cry in November?

2. What is the likely reason that Robert is marrying in February?

3. What does Catherine confess that she secretly wishes she was in Chapter 1?

4. What does Catherine confess to hating in the first chapter?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Lady Aelis?

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

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

4. How does Catherine share information about herself? What does she like to talk about?

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

6. What happens in the hall in February?

7. What does Robert do in January?

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

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

10. What does Catherine think of birds?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Catherine 's character growth throughout the novel. How does her character compare from when the reader is first introduced to her to when the novel concludes? What events or people in her life prompt Catherine 's growth.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author of the novel, Karen Cushman. What other works has she received recognition for? Is her work usually similarly-themed? Does she always write in the same genre?

Essay Topic 3

What is the genre of the novel? What are elements commonly found in this type of novel? What are some other examples of works of this genre? What similarities do these works share with the novel Catherine, Called Birdy?

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