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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. How old was Constance when she came to Canada?

2. In Chapter 14, how has Timmy's friend Jerry been killed?

3. What does Sarah tell Katherine to do as she is leaving at the end of Chapter 25?

4. What does Cardinal accuse Jonathan of doing in Chapter 16?

5. Why was Randy Nolan brought to the Flannigans' house in Chapter 25?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Constance's daughter Madeleine die?

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

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

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

6. What plan does Katherine come up with to leave Canada and return to Boston?

7. What kind of medicine does Mrs. Marlin come to Sarah for in Chapter 17? How does she explain to Katherine about giving Mrs. Marlin the medicine?

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

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

10. What does Jonathan come to see the Flannigans about in Chapter 28?

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 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?

Essay Topic 3

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

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