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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Mary Ann and Catherine go to Peter Peter's pumpkin patch before the Turtle Days Festival?
(a) To invite Lady Peter to enter the baking contest.
(b) To ask Peter Peter not to come to the festival.
(c) To purchase a pumpkin.
(d) To check on Lady Peter's health.

2. Who leaves Hatta's shop first to create a distraction for the Jabberwock?
(a) Hatta and Jest.
(b) Jest and Raven.
(c) Lion and Turtle.
(d) Hatta and Haigha.

3. What does the Marchioness fear has happened when Catherine tells her about the King's tea party?
(a) Catherine has fallen in love with Jest.
(b) The King has lost interest in Catherine.
(c) The Marquess has fallen out of favor with the King.
(d) Catherine's reputation has been ruined by Cheshire's gossip.

4. How many lemon tarts does Catherine take to the ball?
(a) Six.
(b) A dozen.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

5. How does the Duke's housekeeper react when Catherine and Mary Ann pay the Duke a visit?
(a) She is surprised to have a visitor.
(b) She tells them to go away.
(c) She is frightened by Catherine.
(d) She is protective of the Duke.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Catherine ask to create a distraction so she can leave the ball?

2. What does Hatta tell Catherine cannot be taken back once stolen?

3. Who announces Catherine's and her parents' arrival at the ball?

4. What does Catherine see before she faints in the King's garden?

5. What does Jest hand to Catherine as she gets into the carriage on the night they meet?

Short Essay Questions

1. During the croquet game, why does Jest accuse Catherine of having been dishonest with him?

2. How does Cheshire know the courtiers who were taken in the Jabberwock's attack on the ball are dead?

3. After the King asks permission to court Catherine, how does Catherine know that Jest is waiting outside her window?

4. Why does the White Rabbit tell Catherine that she is "very noticeable" when she arrives for the King's ball?

5. Why is it strange that Cheshire has not heard anything about the new Joker prior to the ball?

6. Why is Catherine disconcerted to learn that the Duke owns the store the cobbler is leaving?

7. What reason does the Duke give Catherine for his housekeeper seeming shaken by her visit?

8. Why is Catherine baking lemon tarts at the beginning of the book?

9. What talent does Catherine "perform" at Hatta's tea party?

10. Why does the sight of Raven's shadow sometimes frighten Catherine?

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