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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Miss Bingham get her only comfort?
(a) Piano.
(b) Religion.
(c) Music.
(d) Friends.

2. Which of the following is the main character of this novel?
(a) Anna.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Georg.
(d) Geraldine.

3. What job did Catherine quit to write music?
(a) Director.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Orchestra.
(d) Traveling musician.

4. Why does the idea of writing a mass intrigue Catherine?
(a) So few are written by women.
(b) It would be the longest piece she has written.
(c) It involves numerous instruments.
(d) It is like speaking to God.

5. Why does Catherine ring the bell to get in her house?
(a) She doesn't want to wake Anna.
(b) She lost her key.
(c) She can't get to her key.
(d) She can't think straight.

6. What happens when Catherine tries to play a piece that she hasn't finished writing for her favorite composer?
(a) His dog tries to mount her.
(b) He interrupts her.
(c) He falls asleep in the chair.
(d) His wife faints and has to be taken away.

7. What was Catherine's job for Christmas dinner?
(a) Set the table.
(b) Make the placemats.
(c) Make the gravy.
(d) Make the potatoes.

8. What kind of business did Catherine's father own?
(a) Music studio.
(b) School.
(c) Pub.
(d) Shop.

9. Who is Catherine's favorite composer?
(a) Mozart.
(b) Melnichuck.
(c) Haydn.
(d) Olga.

10. What does Catherine take with her when she goes to take a nap?
(a) A hot water bottle.
(b) Her father's shirt.
(c) A sheet of music.
(d) A picture of Anna.

11. Why does Catherine's mother want them to go to the graveyard the day after her father was buried?
(a) She needs to check and maker sure that things are okay with him.
(b) She said they didn't have a chance to pray because too much was going on.
(c) She cannot let go and needs to visit him.
(d) She wants to gather up the cards.

12. Where did Catherine meet her favorite composer?
(a) Kiev.
(b) New York.
(c) Glasgow.
(d) London.

13. Who does her mother say will do Catherine's hair for the funeral?
(a) Megan.
(b) Paddy.
(c) Anna.
(d) Geraldine.

14. What does Catherine wonder how to tell her mother?
(a) About Anna.
(b) About her new job.
(c) About her memories of her father.
(d) About her depression.

15. How much was the prize when Catherine won the Moncrieff-Hewitt Award for her Piano Trio?
(a) Free tuition for a year.
(b) A new piano.
(c) Travel around Scotland.
(d) 1,000 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Catherine's mother accuses Catherine of what in regard to her mother's religious beliefs?

2. How does Catherine feel when she wakes up at four thirty the morning after her father's funeral?

3. How does Catherine's mother want to walk home?

4. What kind of depression does Catherine confess to her mother she has?

5. Why does Catherine tell her mother she is working on a mass?

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