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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. Katherine goes up to a mansion to ask for _____________.

2. What does Katherine's mother forbid Katherine to do?

3. What frustrates Katherine after her children die?

4. How does Katherine react to the decorations and crowds at the homecoming party?

5. According to Mrs. Marlin, who is the father of her baby?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mike arrest Jonathan at the end of Chapter 19?

2. What does Katherine develop a fascination for in Chapter 23 and how?

3. What do Georges and Connie play while on the sled in Chapter 28?

4. How do Katherine and Mike grieve after the death of his children? How does Katherine feel about Mike's method of grieving?

5. Before she dies, what does Constance ask Katherine to do?

6. What does Katherine do when she becomes thirsty while out for a walk in Chapter 26?

7. How does Constance's daughter Madeleine die?

8. Where do Katherine and Mike take the children the day after adding Kate to their family?

9. In Chapter 21, what does Oh-Be-Joyful say has caused difficulties in her relationship with Jonathan?

10. What does Katherine realize about life as she is sewing in Chapter 28?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the symbolism in the novel "Mrs. Mike." What are some examples of symbolism? What do the colors in the novel symbolize?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of family in the novel "Mrs. Mike." Describe the families of Katherine, Constance, and others. Is family important to Katherine? What does Constance mean when she talks about having more than one family?

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