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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 Katherine admit to Oh-Be-Joyful about Jonathan in Chapter 21?

2. What is the name of Jonathan's baby?

3. In Chapter 19, how long will Mike be away in order to arrest Cardinal?

4. What illness becomes an epidemic in the village in Chapter 27?

5. In 1914, in what month does Britain declare war?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 20, why does Mrs. Marlin claim Katherine's baby is hers?

2. What happens over lunch in Chapter 26 which makes Katherine realize how alien 'civilized' people have become to her?

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

4. Why does Mike decide to retrieve the final wolf trap he set outside the house in Chapter 22?

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

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

7. Why is Anne forbidden from marrying Jonathan by the Mother Superior at the Mission? According to the Mother Superior, what is a "klooch"?

8. What overwhelms Katherine in Boston in Chapter 26?

9. What causes Oh-Be-Joyful to truly be joyful at the end of Chapter 20?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What does the reader learn about Native Canadian culture? What does Katherine learn, and how does she react to the differences between her own culture and the Native Canadian culture?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the marriage between Katherine and Mike. Do they love and respect each other? Is their marriage a happy one? Does Katherine believe she made the right choice by marrying Mike? What are some obstacles that they face as a couple?

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