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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Katherine meet who helps her change her life around?
(a) Lady Julian
(b) Cob o'Fenton
(c) Father Clement
(d) The King's squire

2. While staying at the Pessoners' home for her safety, Katherine discovers that Hawise's husband is gathering arms to do what?
(a) Use against the duke
(b) To give to the Cantons
(c) To give to the French
(d) Practice shooting

3. Now legitimately married to John, and their children legitimized as well, Katherine is back at Windsor Castle. But are the ladies in court happy to have her back?
(a) Not at first, but they warm up to her and become intimate friends
(b) No, they are not tolerant
(c) Yes, they sing and sew together
(d) They don't have time to think about Katherine

4. How old is Katherine now?
(a) It's unclear. The narrator doesn't ever reveal Katherine's true age
(b) Forty-five
(c) Sixty-five
(d) Fifty-five

5. Katherine has great reservations about marrying Robert Sutton, now one of Lincoln's "foremost citizens". Why?
(a) He's too unattentive, and she needs someone to fawn over her constantly
(b) She worries he'll love her children more than he says he loves her
(c) He's possessive, and he doesn't seem to like children
(d) He's never at home and hates bringing her on his travels

6. What does Cob do to reawaken the unconscious Katherine?
(a) He shakes her violently
(b) He waves ammonia under her nose
(c) He slaps her a few times
(d) He rolls her into a nearby brook

7. What illness does Philippa have?
(a) Pancreatic cancer
(b) Old age
(c) Breast cancer
(d) Thyroid disease

8. What confession does Pieter make when surrounded by Appleton and others?
(a) He says that the Bishop Courtenay paid him to make placards about the falseness of John's heritage
(b) That Bishop Courtenay is in fact John's father
(c) That Katherine and John are actually siblings
(d) That Alice Perrers is John's real mother

9. What controversial statement does John Wyclef make about the sacredness of Mass?
(a) That the wine and the wafer are really the body and blood of the Virgin Mary
(b) That it should not be held on Sundays, but on Wednesdays
(c) That the wine and the wafer should be replaced by brandy and cake
(d) The wine and the wafer are mere symbols, not the actual body and blood of Christ

10. What is the reaction of the servants to Katherine's return to Kettlethorpe?
(a) Skeptical because they're all new and have no idea what to expect of her
(b) Disappointed because she reminds them of the ugly past
(c) They don't react much, because Robert Sutton is the real boss
(d) They are happy and hopeful for the future

11. Katherine and John visit Hugh's tomb. After which, what happens?
(a) John confesses that he was remarried again
(b) John asks her to marry him
(c) John says he is leaving England forever and wants her to come with him
(d) John announces he is leading a regiment into Prussia

12. How does Cob manage to gain entry for himself and Katherine into the Pessoners' home?
(a) He offers Katherine's purse with the jewels inside
(b) He gives them a barrel of fine wine he took from the castle
(c) He sneaks in the through the back, which is unlocked
(d) He bangs the door down

13. Where does Katherine feel she should now return?
(a) Scotland
(b) Sheppey, the convent
(c) Swynford, her husband's home
(d) Savoy, to rebuild it

14. Where is Katherine buried?
(a) In a small Swynford family plot
(b) The National Cathedral
(c) Lincoln Cathedral
(d) St. Paul's Cathedral

15. As Katherine regains her memory of the moments before Brother Williams' death, she tells Dame Emma that it wasn't the friar's blood that drove Blanchette away, but probably:
(a) That he believes Katherine is a witch
(b) Madness, for she had been showing signs of it beforehand
(c) The size of the mob approaching them
(d) The revelation that he believed Katherine had murdered Hugh

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brother William say John Ball is now preaching to the serfs?

2. Right before Brother William dies, what does he tell Katherine about Hugh's death?

3. What does Richard do after the Duke of Lancaster's death?

4. Katherine visits her beloved Blanche's tomb. In the tomb, she hears Blanche's voice and decides:

5. What does Father Oswald suggest for Katherine?

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