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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 14, how has Timmy's friend Jerry been killed?

2. What does Katherine's mother forbid Katherine to do?

3. What animal starts to hang around the Flannigans' house in Chapter 22?

4. What does Mrs. Marlin claim about Katherine's newborn baby?

5. In Chapter 25, what instrument does Mike play in order to deal with his grief?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

5. How does Constance's daughter Madeleine die?

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 3

"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.

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