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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 Jonathan build for Oh-Be-Joyful after the dance in Chapter 21?

2. Which of Constance's children dies shortly after the Flannigans' children do?

3. In what year does the epidemic hit the village in Chapter 27?

4. In Chapter 21, how does Oh-Be-Joyful say Jonathan wanted his woman to understand him?

5. Where do the McTavish brothers return from in Chapter 23?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What memory does Katherine recall after Timmy Beauclaire's death?

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

4. In Chapter 26, what does Katherine's mother think of the life she has been living in Canada?

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

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

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

8. What does Constance Beauclaire tell Katherine about her journey to North America from France?

9. In Chapter 17, what does Katherine see when she looks at her reflection in a mirror?

10. In Chapter 14, what does Constance say are the important things in life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of motherhood in the novel "Mrs. Mike. " How does motherhood change Katherine? Is Katherine a good mother? Why or why not? How does Katherine grieve the death of her children?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and interpret the secondary characters of the novel. Who are they? What are their defining character traits? How are they related to Katherine? What are their roles in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the Freedmans' use of irony. What are some examples of irony in the novel? How do these examples affect the reader's experience when reading the novel?

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