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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. What does Lady Peter ask Catherine for at the theater?
(a) A dress to borrow.
(b) Money.
(c) More pumpkin cake.
(d) Help escaping her husband.

2. Why do the Sisters believe Peter Peter will come to them?
(a) He will want treacle to heal his wounds.
(b) He will ask them to help him kill Catherine.
(c) He will ask them to bring his wife back.
(d) He is desperate and will want a new life in Chess.

3. Why is Catherine almost late for the baking contest?
(a) Her mother refuses to let her go to the contest.
(b) She is talking to Jest.
(c) She gets caught up in a conversation with Margaret.
(d) She is dancing with the King.

4. What request does the Duke make to the King at the end of the novel?
(a) To let Catherine open a bakery.
(b) To marry him and Margaret.
(c) To build a statue to honor Jest.
(d) To let Catherine go.

5. Who or what does Catherine blame for Mary Ann having come to Peter's pumpkin patch alone?
(a) The bonnet Mary Ann bought from Hatta.
(b) Herself for having yelled at Mary Ann.
(c) Her parents.
(d) Her plan for opening a bakery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prevents Catherine from dancing with the King following her acceptance of his proposal?

2. Who was the only character that Catherine told about her deal with the Sisters?

3. Who comes up with the idea of Catherine becoming a queen in Chess?

4. What is Jest accused of after taking Catherine to the treacle well?

5. What does Catherine wear when she goes to see the King after Jest's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Peter so angry to see Hatta in his pumpkin patch?

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

3. Why is Catherine angry to learn that the Duke and Margaret are courting?

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

5. Why did Catherine's father cry the first time she told him a story?

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

7. Why does the King say that he cannot judge Catherine's cake at the baking contest?

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

9. What bothers Hatta about having to give the Sisters five minutes of his time as his payment for entering the maze?

10. How is Raven's fate of being a murderer fulfilled?

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