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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. Where does Katherine decide to take Randy for treatment?

2. How does Constance's daughter die in Chapter 27?

3. What does Katherine receive from her mother in Chapter 17?

4. What news does Jonathan deliver to the Flannigans in Chapter 28?

5. What illness becomes an epidemic in the community in Chapter 23?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Sarah's workroom in Chapter 17.

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

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

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

6. Who comes to Katherine's door in Chapter 23? What makes Katherine feel cursed?

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

8. What happens in August, 1914? How does this affect the Beauclaire family?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the Freedmans use of foreshadowing. What are some examples of foreshadowing in the novel? Why do the Freedmans use foreshadowing?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and interpret the protagonist of the novel, Katherine. What are her defining character traits? What is most important to her and why? What important events take place during her life? How does she grow as a character as the novel progresses?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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