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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. What does the Jabberwock poke through the window of Hatta's shop?

2. How does Mary Ann say that her new bonnet makes her feel?

3. Who does Catherine tell Jest taught her to bake?

4. Who chokes on a cashew at Hatta's tea party?

5. What instrument does Jest play for the King and Catherine?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Peter Peter knighted?

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

3. Why is Catherine flustered at the King's tea party by the King asking her if she likes Jest?

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

5. What reason does the Duke give Catherine for his housekeeper seeming shaken by her visit?

6. How does Hatta feel about Jest trying to keep Catherine from performing at his tea party?

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

8. Why does the King decide to court Catherine instead of immediately proposing?

9. What irritates Catherine about Margaret Mearle?

10. Why does Catherine insist on going to Peter Peter's pumpkin patch to get a pumpkin for the baking contest?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing how the author uses the story of the lobster and the turtle that is told at the beginning of the festival at Rock Turtle Cove to reflect on the relationship between Jest and Catherine. Explain the similarities between the two relationships and how the story may have influenced Catherine’s view of romantic love.

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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