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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. Who visits at the beginning of May that dismays Catherine?

2. What does Catherine buy first at the fair in August?

3. Why is a Spanish physician called to the manor in June?

4. What does Catherine imagine after Robert leaves with his wife in March?

5. Why does Robert bribe an abbess in August?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What ailment does Catherine's father have in June?

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

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

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

7. What does Catherine see at the fair in August? How does she feel about what she sees?

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

9. What does Catherine witness Geoffrey doing in April?

10. What does Robert do with the bear that Catherine buys at the fair?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were the Crusades? How were they depicted in the novel? How are Catherine and the rest of her family impacted by the Crusades? How does George describe the Crusades? How does this description compare with Catherine's imagined version of the Crusades?

Essay Topic 2

What is the meaning behind the bird motif in the novel Catherine, Called Birdy? Discuss Catherine's love of birds and what this love of birds symbolizes in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of jealousy in the novel Catherine, Called Birdy. Why is Catherine jealous of George and Lady Aelis' relationship? What does this tell the reader about her character?

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