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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. After Jest dies, who cries outside Catherine's bedroom door because she is too frightened to go in?
(a) Abigail.
(b) The Marchioness.
(c) Mary Ann.
(d) Margaret.

2. At the masquerade, what reason does Catherine give Jest for accepting the King's proposal?
(a) She does not love Jest.
(b) She has decided she likes the idea of being a queen.
(c) So that he can complete his mission.
(d) She wants to please her parents.

3. What dance opens the Turtle Days Festival?
(a) The turtle waltz.
(b) A jig.
(c) A square dance.
(d) The lobster quadrille.

4. Which of the following best describes the King when Catherine visits him at court to accept his proposal after Jest's death?
(a) Flattered.
(b) Elated.
(c) Angry.
(d) Nervous.

5. What rank in Hearts is a Rook from Chess equal to?
(a) A marquess.
(b) A knight.
(c) A king.
(d) A guard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who saves Catherine from Peter when he finds her in his pumpkin patch trying to rescue Mary Ann?

2. What request does the Duke make to the King at the end of the novel?

3. Who does Catherine see Jest talking to in the lobby of the theater?

4. Who was the only judge to eat Catherine's pumpkin cake?

5. Who confesses to also having been in love with Jest?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hatta think he can escape the fate of going mad?

2. Why does Jest think that Time has been avoiding the glen where the treacle well is found?

3. How was Rock Turtle Cove founded?

4. Why does Jest push Catherine to marry the King of Hearts?

5. During the Turtle Days Festival, why does Catherine tell Jest he should not touch her?

6. Why does Mary Ann apologize to the courtiers as she walks into the theater?

7. Why does Jest think that the White Queen is incapable of ending the war in Chess?

8. Why does Hatta refuse to accept Catherine's business proposal?

9. When Catherine goes to the pumpkin patch to save Mary Ann, why does Peter think Catherine is there?

10. What do the Sisters say Catherine's heart can do for them?

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