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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Catalina wonder about the house that she is taken to live at on the Strand?
(a) Whether anyone has died there.
(b) Whether it is fit for a princess.
(c) Whether she will eventually be imprisoned there.
(d) Whether any other princesses have lived there.

2. What does Catalina instruct Doña Elvira to tell her and Arthur's parents?
(a) That Arthur was a cruel husband.
(b) That Catalina and Harry have been having an affair.
(c) That Catalina is suddenly showing signs of pregnancy.
(d) That Catalina's marriage was never consummated.

3. Who is Catalina sent to marry?
(a) Prince Henry.
(b) Prince George.
(c) Prince Arthur.
(d) Prince Frederick.

4. In what year does the story begin?
(a) 1508.
(b) 1511.
(c) 1472.
(d) 1491.

5. What is the continuing journey to Ludlow like for Catalina?
(a) Exciting.
(b) Uncomfortable.
(c) Pleasant.
(d) Embarrassing.

6. Whom is Catalina traveling with at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Her parents.
(b) A group of nuns.
(c) Royal guards.
(d) A governess.

7. Who had held a stronger claim to the throne than King Henry did?
(a) Richard Topcliffe.
(b) Perkin Warbeck.
(c) The Duke of Anjou.
(d) Edward Plantagenet.

8. What do Catalina and Arthur travel in on their journey to Ludlow?
(a) A litter.
(b) A carriage.
(c) A barge.
(d) A sailboat.

9. What do Catalina and Arthur enter the church on?
(a) A gilded carriage.
(b) Horseback.
(c) A red carpet.
(d) A raised platform.

10. What does Catalina thank Arthur for?
(a) Writing to her.
(b) Promising to be a good husband.
(c) Welcoming her to England.
(d) Sending her a gift.

11. Who is Catalina's father?
(a) King Marcos.
(b) King Eduardo.
(c) King Ferdinand.
(d) King Gabriel.

12. Who is Edward Stafford?
(a) The Duke of Essex.
(b) The Duke of Normandy.
(c) The Duke of Buckingham.
(d) The Duke of Norfolk.

13. Whom does Lady Margaret blame for her brother's death?
(a) No one.
(b) Catalina.
(c) Herself.
(d) King Henry.

14. What is Catalina's sister-in-law named?
(a) Jane.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Katherine.

15. Who is Catalina's mother?
(a) Lucila of Spain.
(b) Honoria of Spain.
(c) Isabella of Spain.
(d) Maria of Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Catalina's first impression of Arthur?

2. Why does Catalina snap her fingers while dancing?

3. When Catalina meets King Henry, what does she suggest of him?

4. What does Catalina say she has realized about herself and Arthur?

5. What does Henry decide Arthur should be sent away to learn to do?

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