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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Beetle tell the cat about at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) The seasons.
(b) The other animals she has met along the way.
(c) Her life as she knows it.
(d) Her favorite things.

2. Why does Jane slap the miller's wife in Chapter 4?
(a) To teach Beetle what to do in such a circumstance.
(b) To kill a bug.
(c) To express her anger.
(d) To stop her from screaming.

3. How does Beetle feel about owning the comb?
(a) She is scared.
(b) She is amazed.
(c) She is indifferent.
(d) She is curious.

4. What does the protagonist not do while she sleeps?
(a) Drools.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Snores.
(d) Grinds her teeth.

5. In her dream in Chapter 6, who calls Alyce by her name?
(a) Will.
(b) Her mother.
(c) The Pope.
(d) Jane.

6. Why does Beetle grow suspicious of Jane's actions in Chapter 4?
(a) Jane doesn't do the chores she says she is leaving to do.
(b) Jane always returns home very happy.
(c) Jane often sneaks out at odd hours of the night.
(d) Jane looks nervous everytime she tells Beetle where she is going.

7. What name does Beetle decide to give herself in Chapter 5?
(a) Amy.
(b) Alyssa.
(c) Allison.
(d) Alyce.

8. How many days pass before Beetle sees the cat alive and well again in Chapter 2?
(a) Five days.
(b) Eight days.
(c) Four days.
(d) Two days.

9. What does the protagonist ask the woman for in Chapter 1?
(a) Some new clothes.
(b) A blanket.
(c) A small bit of food.
(d) A bath.

10. Why does Beetle call the miller's wife a cow?
(a) The miller's wife was mean to the cat.
(b) Beetle admires the miller's wife and calls her a cow as a compliment.
(c) The miller's wife stole her eggs.
(d) It is what she has heard Jane do in such circumstances.

11. How would one describe the midwife?
(a) Mean and violent.
(b) Stern.
(c) Shy.
(d) Friendly.

12. How does she tell the cat her story at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) In whispers.
(b) With song.
(c) With drawings.
(d) With dance.

13. Whom does the King marry in Alyce's dream in Chapter 6?
(a) The miller's daughter.
(b) The midwife.
(c) Alice.
(d) Her mother.

14. Whom does Alyce learn about sin from in Chapter 7?
(a) Roger.
(b) The priest.
(c) Jane.
(d) Gilbert.

15. What does Will teach Alyce to do in Chapter 8?
(a) How to pray.
(b) How to read.
(c) How to thank someone.
(d) How to sing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Beetle see the cat doing when she sees it alive and well again for the first time after saving it?

2. Who is Tansy?

3. How many children has the midwife had?

4. Who is made to stand in the rain with a millstone around his neck in Chapter 7?

5. What does Beetle conclude about her appearance in Chapter 5?

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