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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 happens to Robert's wife in June?

2. What event is approaching in April?

3. What does Catherine find Geoffrey doing that changes her opinion of him in April?

4. Who dies in July?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Catherine talk to Aunt Ethelfritha about when she runs away in September?

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

3. Describe Aunt Ethelfritha.

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

5. What does Catherine witness Geoffrey doing in April?

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

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

8. What does Catherine note of her impending marriage to Shaggy Beard in July?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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