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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 event is celebrated in March?

2. What does Catherine start a book of in July?

3. How does Catherine feel about Geoffrey visiting in March?

4. How does Catherine's mother feel after giving birth?

5. What does Ethelfritha claim she has seen in April?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who dies in May?

4. Who is Geoffrey? What does Catherine think of Geoffrey?

5. What is Catherine's mother's condition in August? How does Catherine's father treat her?

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

7. Who visits Catherine's home in July? What does Catherine note about her visitors?

8. Describe Catherine's mother's childbirth experience in September.

9. What does Catherine feel when she visits Meg in July? Why does she feel this way?

10. Why does Catherine consider running away in March?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and interpret the secondary characters of the novel. Who are they and what are their defining character traits? How are they related to Catherine? What is their role in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Catherine feel somewhat jealous of Meg's and Alf's home life? What does this tell the reader about Catherine's hopes and dreams?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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