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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 Uncle John talk about Johnny making during the war when they were on patrol?

2. What alerts Katherine to the approaching fire in Chapter 11?

3. Mike Flannigan works for _______________.

4. Whom does Joe blame for Tommy's death?

5. What does Mike feed Katherine when he collects her after the fire has passed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Katherine's weekly luncheons and tea parties get started?

2. What does Katherine witness as she is waiting in the middle of the river?

3. What does Katherine think when she sees Mike's red uniform?

4. Where must Katherine and Mike travel in Chapter 5? Why must they go, and how will they get there?

5. In Chapter 11, when a forest fire approaches the town, where does Mike instruct Katherine to go?

6. What happens to Joe Henderson's family in the fire? Who does he blame?

7. What does Atenou tell Ralph about his wisdom tooth?

8. When Katherine's baby is born, what does Mrs. Carpentier diaper it in? How much experience does Mrs. Carpentier have as a midwife?

9. What does Katherine think about to keep from thinking about her mother in Chapter 1?

10. Why has Katherine been sent to stay with her uncle in Canada?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the conclusion of the novel "Mrs. Mike." Are you satisfied with the ending? Why or why not? Is the conclusion a happy one? Are there any unanswered questions? Would you change anything?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of death in the novel "Mrs. Mike." How do the Freedmans illustrate the theme of death in the novel? What do the characters think of death?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the examples of imagery in the novel. What are some examples, and do they have any symbolic meaning attached to them? What sort of image do the Freedmans create of the wilderness? How does the imagery of Boston when Katherine returns there contrast with the imagery of the Northern Canadian landscape?

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