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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. In Chapter 27, what are the Flannigans said to never do?
2. What is the woman who asks Katherine for medicine in Chapter 23 carrying?
3. What is Katherine's mother's name?
4. What does Jonathan ask Mike and Katherine to do for his baby?
5. What does the male Beauclaire twin pretend to be in Chapter 28?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Jonathan come to see the Flannigans about in Chapter 28?
2. Before she dies, what does Constance ask Katherine to do?
3. 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?
4. Why does Mike decide to retrieve the final wolf trap he set outside the house in Chapter 22?
5. Why is Anne forbidden from marrying Jonathan by the Mother Superior at the Mission? According to the Mother Superior, what is a "klooch"?
6. What happens in August, 1914? How does this affect the Beauclaire family?
7. In Chapter 20, why does Mrs. Marlin claim Katherine's baby is hers?
8. Describe Sarah's workroom in Chapter 17.
9. What does Katherine realize about life as she is sewing in Chapter 28?
10. What memory does Katherine recall after Timmy Beauclaire's death?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the theme of death in the novel "Mrs. Mike." How do the Freedmans illustrate the theme of death in the novel? What do the characters think of death?
Essay Topic 2
"Mrs. Mike" is based on the real-life story of Katherine Mary Flannigan. Discuss her true story and why the authors might have felt it necessary to record her story in a novel.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the struggles faced by Katherine throughout the novel. How does she deal with these obstacles? How does she overcome them? What causes these problems for her?
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