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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. Who leaves Hatta's shop first to create a distraction for the Jabberwock?
2. Who tells Catherine that there will be a baking contest at the Turtle Days Festival?
3. What does Catherine see before she faints in the King's garden?
4. What is the Duke of Tuskany?
5. What are the doctors called in Hearts?
Short Essay Questions
1. After the King asks permission to court Catherine, how does Catherine know that Jest is waiting outside her window?
2. How does Cheshire know the courtiers who were taken in the Jabberwock's attack on the ball are dead?
3. Why does the White Rabbit tell Catherine that she is "very noticeable" when she arrives for the King's ball?
4. Why does the sight of Raven's shadow sometimes frighten Catherine?
5. Why does Catherine think that the riddle Hatta tells her about a heart is inaccurate?
6. Why is Mary Ann frightened when she comes into Catherine's room on the night of Hatta's tea party?
7. Why do white roses grow in Catherine's room on the night of the King's ball?
8. After the King's ball, why does Cheshire tell Catherine that he does not think many people know it was Catherine the King intended to propose to?
9. What irritates Catherine about Margaret Mearle?
10. Why was Peter Peter knighted?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay describing how the author uses the game of chess to develop Jest’s character and to give structure to the plot.
Essay Topic 2
Describe how the author draws upon Carroll’s original work and the work of other authors in developing the Duke’s character. How is the Duke important to the theme of the gentry versus the common class? How does the author suggest to readers that he is important to the theme?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay describing how the author uses wordplay throughout the novel. What inspiration does she draw from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland as well as other literary works? What is the purpose of using wordplay?
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