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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. What was Calliope doing when she was captured?

2. Whom does the leader cat pray to when she is separated from her kittens?

3. What does Erasmus offer to lend Madoc?

4. How does the dream lord tell the leader cat to understand what has happened to her?

5. What month does "Calliope" start in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do most of the cats think after the meeting with the Siamese cat?

2. What does the Siamese cat see when she gets to the cave in her dream?

3. How did Erasmus Fry capture Calliope?

4. What happens as the kitten is leaving the graveyard?

5. What does the Siamese cat choose to do with her life after waking from her dream?

6. How did Erasmus Fry die?

7. How did the humans overcome the cats in the former world?

8. What does the dream lord say to the Siamese cat about what the humans accomplished?

9. What does the Siamese cat learn from her dream?

10. What happens when the cats get to the graveyard in "A Dream of a Thousand Cats"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There was a lot of interesting advice given and received by and to Rainie. What are some examples of this advice, and what were the consequences of it?

Essay Topic 2

The characters in these stories all had their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and write their main motivation throughout the book and how this goal affected the characters around them.

Essay Topic 3

Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times by a number of characters, especially Calliope, Rainie, and Hamnet. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?

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