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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 Katherine admit to Oh-Be-Joyful about Jonathan in Chapter 21?

2. What is the name of the female Beauclaire twin?

3. What does Katherine become fascinated reading about over the winter?

4. For what purpose does Mrs. Marlin seek medicine in Chapter 17?

5. What does Katherine recall holding up for Timmy to see?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 21, what does Oh-Be-Joyful say has caused difficulties in her relationship with Jonathan?

2. Why does Mike arrest Jonathan at the end of Chapter 19?

3. What does Constance Beauclaire tell Katherine about her journey to North America from France?

4. What memory does Katherine recall after Timmy Beauclaire's death?

5. 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?

6. Where do Katherine and Mike take the children the day after adding Kate to their family?

7. Why does Mike decide to retrieve the final wolf trap he set outside the house in Chapter 22?

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

9. In Chapter 17, what does Katherine see when she looks at her reflection in a mirror?

10. What does Jonathan come to see the Flannigans about in Chapter 28?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of death in the novel "Mrs. Mike." How do the Freedmans illustrate the theme of death in the novel? What do the characters think of death?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the historical context of the novel "Mrs. Mike." What major events were taking place during the time period in which this novel is set? How do these real events affect the characters?

Essay Topic 3

The Freedmans use language and names to measure Katherine's coming-of-age story. How does Katherine's vocabulary mature as she grows? What are some examples of Native Canadian vocabulary that is introduced in the novel? What are some of the names with special meanings?

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