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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. How does Catherine recall the Jabberwock being killed in fairy tales?

2. How many days after Catherine finally accepts the King's proposal is the wedding held?

3. At the masquerade, what reason does Catherine give Jest for accepting the King's proposal?

4. What production does the King invite Catherine to see with him at the theater?

5. What does Jest do to save Catherine from the pressing crowd at the Turtle Days Festival?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is it so important to Catherine that she win the baking contest?

2. What does Peter reveal as the reason the Jabberwock tried to eat Cheshire and did eat Lion?

3. Why does Catherine try to bargain with Time after Jest dies?

4. In Catherine's last encounter with the Jabberwock, why does the Jabberwock only have one eye?

5. Why does the King say that he cannot judge Catherine's cake at the baking contest?

6. How is Raven's fate of being a murderer fulfilled?

7. During the Turtle Days Festival, why does Catherine tell Jest he should not touch her?

8. How was Rock Turtle Cove founded?

9. How does Hatta think he can escape the fate of going mad?

10. Why does Jest push Catherine to marry the King of Hearts?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay describing how concern about reputation impacts the outcome of the story. How does what others tell Catherine about the importance of reputation affect the way she acts? How does it affect the way others act toward her?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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