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

2. How does Catherine recall the Jabberwock being killed in fairy tales?
(a) It is shot with a golden arrow.
(b) Its head is cut off.
(c) It is drowned.
(d) It is poisoned.

3. 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) Angry.
(c) Elated.
(d) Nervous.

4. What does the King do at the baking contest that embarrasses Catherine?
(a) Says he cannot judge her dessert because he plans to marry her.
(b) Recites a spontaneous poem about her dessert.
(c) Kisses her.
(d) Orders Jest to escort Catherine to the judging table.

5. What does Jest tell Catherine he does to help the King court her?
(a) He picks out flowers that he knows Catherine does not like.
(b) He says he tells the King to do the things he would do if he were worthy of her.
(c) He says he gives the King bad advice so she will not like him.
(d) He writes love songs for the King to sing to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rank in Hearts is a Rook from Chess equal to?

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

3. What form of transportation does Jest use to take Catherine to the treacle well?

4. What item does Peter Peter ask Catherine about at the masquerade?

5. What three gifts do the Sisters ask for in return for the treacle that heals Catherine's injury?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Mary Ann know that Lady Peter is the Jabberwock?

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

4. Why does Catherine try to bargain with Time after Jest dies?

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

6. How was Rock Turtle Cove founded?

7. Why does Catherine bring the King a key lime pie?

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

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

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

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