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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of bird does Catherine not care for?
(a) The peacock.
(b) The ostrich.
(c) The chicken.
(d) The swan.

2. What does Catherine tell the man on horseback about the woman he plans to propose to?
(a) She is beautiful and smart.
(b) She is mean-spirited and greedy.
(c) She is quiet and insecure.
(d) She is stupid and hunchbacked.

3. Who is Lady Aelis?
(a) A friend of Catherine's.
(b) Catherine's aunt.
(c) Catherine's cousin.
(d) Catherine's niece.

4. What has Edward taught Catherine to do?
(a) Shoot a rifle.
(b) Write.
(c) Play the piano.
(d) Sail.

5. Who is Edward?
(a) Catherine's uncle.
(b) Catherine's father.
(c) Catherine's brother.
(d) Catherine's friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Edward's job or calling?

2. What are there none of in England as of December?

3. How does Catherine get rid of a suitor in December?

4. Who does Catherine consider casting a spell on in November?

5. Who stays with Catherine's family on their way to Rome in January?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Lady Aelis?

2. Who are the members of Catherine's family? What does the reader learn about them?

3. What does the Jewish woman tell Catherine when a Jewish group passes through the village? Why does she tell her this?

4. Why does the house have a huge feast in late February?

5. How does Catherine scare off a suitor in December?

6. What are some things that Catherine likes and dislikes? What are some of her hopes and dreams?

7. What does Catherine do during a feast at the end of November?

8. What does Robert do in January?

9. What does Catherine think of birds?

10. How does Catherine scare off a suitor in February?

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