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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 does the kitten say to the leader cat before leaving the meeting?

2. How did the leader of the cat meeting view her life as a pet?

3. How does Calliope know Oneiros?

4. What is Oneiros the king of?

5. What kind of God is the only kind left on the Earth?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Calliope not want to ask Oneiros for help?

2. Why does Erasmus Fry decide to give Calliope to Madoc?

3. What made the Siamese cat hate her owners?

4. What has happened to most of the gods when Calliope is trapped at Madoc's house?

5. What happens to Madoc after he makes love to Calliope for the first time?

6. What does the kitten's friend do before taking her home after the meeting in the graveyard?

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

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

9. Why does Madoc tell Oneiros he can't release Calliope, and how does Oneiros respond?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Madoc endures many different trials before the end of his story. What are some of these trials and what lessons does he learn through these experiences?

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book but appeared most especially in Calliope. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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