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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 Catherine pull from Jest's hat during the Jabberwock's attack in the theater?

2. Where is the entrance to the giant pumpkin that Mary Ann is trapped inside?

3. Why is Hatta angry at Catherine when she visits him after the Turtle Days Festival?

4. What does Jest tell Catherine he does to help the King court her?

5. What injury does Catherine suffer when the Jabberwock attacks in the theater?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mary Ann know that Lady Peter is the Jabberwock?

2. How was Rock Turtle Cove founded?

3. Why does Catherine decide that she will marry the King before going to the masquerade ball?

4. When Catherine goes to the pumpkin patch to save Mary Ann, why does Peter think Catherine is there?

5. Why is Peter so angry to see Hatta in his pumpkin patch?

6. Why does Jest think that the White Queen is incapable of ending the war in Chess?

7. Why is it so important to Catherine that she win the baking contest?

8. Why does Catherine try to bargain with Time after Jest dies?

9. What do the Sisters say Catherine's heart can do for them?

10. How is Raven's fate of being a murderer fulfilled?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay discussing Jest as a romantic hero archetype. Define the archetype and explain how Jest fits that role.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay describing how Catherine’s relationship with her parents influences the choices that she makes throughout the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay discussing the theme of fate and whether Catherine, Jest, Hatta, and Raven could have escaped the fates the Sisters prophecy for them.

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