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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 happens right before Jest appears at the ball?

2. Who does Cheshire tell Catherine is stealing her tarts?

3. What happened to Hearts' last hatter?

4. What does Catherine suggest the King do about the Jabberwock when Cheshire first tells her about it?

5. What color are the eyes of the boy that Catherine dreams about?

Short Essay Questions

1. After the King asks permission to court Catherine, how does Catherine know that Jest is waiting outside her window?

2. 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?

3. Why is Catherine baking lemon tarts at the beginning of the book?

4. Why does the White Rabbit tell Catherine that she is "very noticeable" when she arrives for the King's ball?

5. Why is Mary Ann frightened when she comes into Catherine's room on the night of Hatta's tea party?

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

8. Why is it strange that Cheshire has not heard anything about the new Joker prior to the ball?

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

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 describing how Meyer transforms Carroll’s original Mad Hatter character into the more modern Hatta and what her purpose was for the transformation.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay examining the theme of love and loss. What conclusion does the author seem to come to about the question of whether it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all?

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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