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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. How does Catherine describe Stephen?

2. What does Catherine do to Agnes in March?

3. Why does Robert bribe an abbess in August?

4. What is discovered of the Crossbridge Miracle in June?

5. Who does Catherine's father throw down the stairs in September?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in regards to Catherine's engagement in April?

2. What happens in regards to Catherine's engagement in May?

3. What does Catherine learn when she returns home with George in September? How does she feel about this news?

4. Who is Meg? What happens to Meg in March?

5. How does Catherine prepare for her impending marriage to Shaggy Beard?

6. What is Holy Week? How do the characters prepare for Holy Week?

7. What do monks find in Rome? What does the church do with the monks' findings?

8. What idea does Catherine come up with at the end of June?

9. Describe Aunt Ethelfritha.

10. Who is Agnes? What does Catherine think of Agnes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of friendship in the novel Catherine, Called Birdy. Is friendship important to Catherine? Who are her friends? How does she help her friends and how do they help her?

Essay Topic 2

In what ways does Catherine struggle with her role as a woman during the 13th century when women had many restrictions placed upon them? What are some things that Catherine wishes she could do? How does she go about doing them? What advice does she receive from other women?

Essay Topic 3

The novel Catherine, Called Birdy is set in the Middle Ages. How might this setting influence the actions and reactions of the characters in the novel? How might the novel have been different if it were set in present day?

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