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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 goes on outdoors as Katherine is giving birth to her son?
(a) Wolves howl.
(b) Two feet of snow falls.
(c) The northern lights are dancing.
(d) A bear is wandering through the village.

2. What does Constance ask Katherine and Mike to do before she dies?
(a) Have more children.
(b) Renew their vows.
(c) Raise the twins.
(d) Move away.

3. How does Mike help Larry after his leg is amputated?
(a) Mike finds Larry a job he can do sitting.
(b) Mike harvests Larry's crops.
(c) Mike carries Larry around town on his back.
(d) Mike tends to Larry's livestock.

4. Katherine goes up to a mansion to ask for _____________.
(a) Directions.
(b) A glass of water.
(c) A lantern.
(d) Appropriate footwear.

5. What does Mary Aroon cause to spill which makes Mike angry in Chapter 22?
(a) A bucket of soot.
(b) Ink.
(c) Kerosene.
(d) A bottle of milk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mamanowatum's English name?

2. What does Mike do to make up for his anger toward his family in Chapter 22?

3. What does Katherine ask when the Beauclaire children die?

4. At the end of the novel, what does the female Beauclaire twin suggest is hurting Katherine?

5. In Chapter 14, how has Timmy's friend Jerry been killed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Katherine realize about life as she is sewing in Chapter 28?

2. In Chapter 26, what does Katherine's mother think of the life she has been living in Canada?

3. What kind of medicine does Mrs. Marlin come to Sarah for in Chapter 17? How does she explain to Katherine about giving Mrs. Marlin the medicine?

4. What does Katherine develop a fascination for in Chapter 23 and how?

5. What overwhelms Katherine in Boston in Chapter 26?

6. What plan does Katherine come up with to leave Canada and return to Boston?

7. Why is Anne forbidden from marrying Jonathan by the Mother Superior at the Mission? According to the Mother Superior, what is a "klooch"?

8. In Chapter 20, why does Mrs. Marlin claim Katherine's baby is hers?

9. What happens over lunch in Chapter 26 which makes Katherine realize how alien 'civilized' people have become to her?

10. Who comes to Katherine's door in Chapter 23? What makes Katherine feel cursed?

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