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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 comes into Catherine's room just as she returns from Hatta's tea party?

2. Which of the following best describes the King's physical appearance?

3. What does Catherine tell Cheshire she plans to do in response to the King's many gifts of flowers and poetry?

4. What keeps Lion from getting to the Crossroads to escape the Jabberwock?

5. Why is Catherine unable to eat while at the King's ball?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What information about Jest does Catherine withhold from Mary Ann when she confesses that she was at a tea party with him?

3. Why does Catherine think that the riddle Hatta tells her about a heart is inaccurate?

4. Where did the lemons that Catherine used to make lemon tarts for the King's ball come from?

5. What irritates Catherine about Margaret Mearle?

6. Why is Catherine so hungry while at the ball despite the fact that there is an enormous banquet table?

7. Why was Peter Peter knighted?

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

9. Why does Mary Ann think that Catherine might find news about the cobbler closing his shop interesting?

10. Why does Lion agree to be the last one to enter the Crossroads when the Jabberwock attacks the tea party?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay discussing the importance of the subplot between Margaret and the Duke. Discuss how the subplot supports some of the book’s themes and how the author uses the subplot to move the main plot along.

Essay Topic 2

Catherine undergoes a transformation at the end of the book from Catherine, a kind, loyal young woman, to the Queen of Hearts, an angry and bitter woman bent on revenge. Write an essay explaining Catherine’s transformation, its causes, and what personality traits contributed to her change.

Essay Topic 3

Meyer uses Carroll’s book as inspiration for her novel. In doing so, she draws heavily on the original work. Write an essay explaining the importance of Carroll’s novel to Heartless and how Meyer draws upon the characters, setting, and even the language of Carroll’s work to write her own novel.

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