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Karen Cushman has won a number of honors, including a Newbery Medal, for her books set in medieval England.
2 Karen Cushman quizzes and 25 Karen Cushman trivia questions.
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  Matilda Bone by Karen Cushman    
Multiple Choice
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I just read "Matilda Bone", and I thought it would be a great book to quiz on since I am a new fan! Enjoy!
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  Medieval Books by Karen Cushman    
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This is a quiz on the wonderful books by Karen Cushman, 'Catherine, Called Birdy', 'Matilda Bone', and 'The Midwife's Apprentice', all set in Medieval England.
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In 'The Midwife's Apprentice', what kind of mythical creature's dung did Beetle dust?

From Quiz "Medieval Books by Karen Cushman"





Karen Cushman Trivia Questions
1. In what era is this book set?

From Quiz Matilda Bone by Karen Cushman

Answer: The Middle Ages

In the Middle Ages most medical practitioners were trained by apprenticeships or experience. (Taken from Karen Cushman's "Author's Note" at the end of the novel)

2. In 'The Midwife's Apprentice', what kind of mythical creature's dung did Beetle dust?

From Quiz Medieval Books by Karen Cushman

Answer: Dragon dung

God only knows what it really was. Karen Cushman is very good with medival medicines.

3. Matilda is sent to assist a lady of what occupation?

From Quiz Matilda Bone by Karen Cushman

Answer: bonesetter

Matilda does not care for her new job as an assistant. She would rather be quoting Latin.

4. Which castle does Catherine go to in order to visit Aelis in 'Catherine, Called Birdy'?

From Quiz Medieval Books by Karen Cushman

Answer: Castle Finbury & finbury

Aelis married a seven-year-old duke, poor girl.

5. What is a favorite Latin saying of Matilda's?

From Quiz Matilda Bone by Karen Cushman

Answer: Saliva mucusque

I love this saying! It means "Spit and Slime" in Latin, so Matilda found herself saying this a lot as she did not like her new conditions with the bonesetter.

6. Who is the woman that Matilda becomes an apprentice for?

From Quiz Matilda Bone by Karen Cushman

Answer: Red Peg

Red Peg has, "hair orange as a carrot peeping from beneath a greasy kerchief" (Cushman 5).

7. Who got Perkin's granny's stockings in 'Catherine, Called Birdy'?

From Quiz Medieval Books by Karen Cushman

Answer: Ann Baker

The miller's wife got her warmest mantle. Meg and Alf were given her cottage after Catherine bargained with her father for it.

8. The first time Matilda is sent to market what does she get swindled into buying?

From Quiz Matilda Bone by Karen Cushman

Answer: eel

The fish man lied to Matilda and told her that the stronger the smell of fish than the better it tastes.

9. In 'The Midwife's Apprentice', where does tin come from?

From Quiz Medieval Books by Karen Cushman

Answer: Cornwall

Beetle goes to the fair at Gobnet-Under-Green and sees tin from Cornwall. She also gains a comb, a compliment, and a name there.

10. What was the name of Matilda's friend who works in the kitchen of Master Theobold's house?

From Quiz Matilda Bone by Karen Cushman

Answer: Tildy

When Tildy finds out Matilda has the same name she says, "Two Matildas! It must be God's plan that we be friends!" (Cushman 55).

11. Whose feast day is on Midsummer's Day?

From Quiz Medieval Books by Karen Cushman

Answer: St John & St. John the Baptist & st. John

Catherine wrote on this square: 'Where will next Midsummer's Day find me?' She's worried sick about marrying Shaggy Beard.

12. What handicap does Nathaniel have?

From Quiz Matilda Bone by Karen Cushman

Answer: blindness

Matilda writes to Oxford in hopes of finding him a cure.

13. What day is Catherine's saint's day (St. Catherine)?

From Quiz Medieval Books by Karen Cushman

Answer: November 25th

Catherine was a saint who was killed by being fastened to a spiked wheel and rolled through the marketplace. It never ceases to amaze me how many tortures martyrs went through to become martyrs. It seems kind of a waste.

14. Who is Nathaniel's apprentice?

From Quiz Matilda Bone by Karen Cushman

Answer: Walter Mudd

He is an apprentice to Nathaniel the apothecary.

15. What color is Catherine's kirtle that she gives Meg for her wedding?

From Quiz Medieval Books by Karen Cushman

Answer: Blue

Meg's only good kirtle is green, and everyone knows that green's an unlucky color for a bride. Catherine, quite unselfishly, gives her her blue kirtle, and Meg looks gorgeous in it.

16. What does Matilda's good friend get knocked into?

From Quiz Matilda Bone by Karen Cushman

Answer: a well

Fat Annet struck Tildy with a basket and caused her to fall into the well.

17. Which dog bit Shaggy Beard under the table after Robert's wedding, thinking his foot was just a weird bone?

From Quiz Medieval Books by Karen Cushman

Answer: Rosemary

Shaggy Beard was going to kill the poor animal, but Robert, most uncharacteristically, intervened.

18. To whom does Matilda go to save her friend's life?

From Quiz Matilda Bone by Karen Cushman

Answer: Margery

This is a big step in Matilda's development of character. Before Tildy is injured, she thinks that Master Theobold is a master healer since he is more knowledgeable and educated than Margery; however, she realizes that Margery is the better doctor even if she does not know Latin or Astrology. Matilda's entire outlook on people's worth changes as a result.

19. What was the name of Catherine's mare in 'Catherine, Called Birdy'?

From Quiz Medieval Books by Karen Cushman

Answer: Blanchefleur

Catherine mentions this on the 31st of December.

20. Who did Grommet Smith marry in 'The Midwife's Apprentice'?

From Quiz Medieval Books by Karen Cushman

Answer: Aldon Figtree

21. What animal does Geoffrey look like when he frowns?

From Quiz Medieval Books by Karen Cushman

Answer: A hedgehog

Catherine is in love with Geoffrey. She hopes he'll grow out of it.

22. In 'Matilda Bone', what does Matilda claim is the Latin for 'arm'?

From Quiz Medieval Books by Karen Cushman

Answer: brachium

Dolor means 'pain', manus means 'hand', and formicae means 'bugs'.

23. Who is Mistress Theobald's maid in 'Matilda Bone'?

From Quiz Medieval Books by Karen Cushman

Answer: Elsa

Tildy mentions this when talking about her ambition to be a maid in waiting.

24. What color is the bone on Red Peg's door in 'Matilda Bone'?

From Quiz Medieval Books by Karen Cushman

Answer: Yellow

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