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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 is the prize for winning the baking contest?

2. What grows in Catherine's bedroom on the night she meets Jest?

3. What keeps Lion from getting to the Crossroads to escape the Jabberwock?

4. Who does the King say suggested that he court Catherine?

5. Who leaves Hatta's shop first to create a distraction for the Jabberwock?

Short Essay Questions

1. What upsetting event does Margaret tell Catherine happened at the King's ball?

2. Why is it strange that Cheshire has not heard anything about the new Joker prior to the ball?

3. Why is Catherine disconcerted to learn that the Duke owns the store the cobbler is leaving?

4. Why is Catherine baking lemon tarts at the beginning of the book?

5. Where did the lemons that Catherine used to make lemon tarts for the King's ball come from?

6. Why does Catherine think that the riddle Hatta tells her about a heart is inaccurate?

7. Why does Jest steal Jack's hat?

8. Why does the sight of Raven's shadow sometimes frighten Catherine?

9. Why do white roses grow in Catherine's room on the night of the King's ball?

10. Why does Jest decline to tell Catherine where Hatta and Haigha are from?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing how the author uses wordplay throughout the novel. What inspiration does she draw from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland as well as other literary works? What is the purpose of using wordplay?

Essay Topic 2

Catherine undergoes a transformation at the end of the book from Catherine, a kind, loyal young woman, to the Queen of Hearts, an angry and bitter woman bent on revenge. Write an essay explaining Catherine’s transformation, its causes, and what personality traits contributed to her change.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay explaining how Meyer draws upon Greek mythology in developing the characters of the Sisters. Include how Meyer transforms the Fates into the Sisters in order to fit her story.

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