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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. How many lemon tarts does Catherine take to the ball?
2. What does Jest make appear at the ball?
3. Who does the King say suggested that he court Catherine?
4. What grows in Catherine's bedroom on the night she meets Jest?
5. Why do Mary Ann and Catherine go to Peter Peter's pumpkin patch before the Turtle Days Festival?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the White Rabbit tell Catherine that she is "very noticeable" when she arrives for the King's ball?
2. Why does Mary Ann think that Catherine might find news about the cobbler closing his shop interesting?
3. Why is Catherine baking lemon tarts at the beginning of the book?
4. Why does Catherine think that the riddle Hatta tells her about a heart is inaccurate?
5. Why does Catherine insist on going to Peter Peter's pumpkin patch to get a pumpkin for the baking contest?
6. What information about Jest does Catherine withhold from Mary Ann when she confesses that she was at a tea party with him?
7. Why was Peter Peter knighted?
8. Why do white roses grow in Catherine's room on the night of the King's ball?
9. After the King asks permission to court Catherine, how does Catherine know that Jest is waiting outside her window?
10. Where did the lemons that Catherine used to make lemon tarts for the King's ball come from?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay explaining how the author juxtaposes the characters of Margaret and Catherine to make a point about Catherine’s relationship to the gentry class.
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
Write an essay explaining how Meyer uses the character of the Cheshire cat to move the plot forward. What attributes does Cheshire have that make him perfect for the role Meyer places him in?
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