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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of thoughts does Catherine try to control on the ride to see Anna?
(a) Positive.
(b) Inconsistent.
(c) Sad.
(d) Negative.

2. What does Catherine's father think the drumming is?
(a) The same as bells.
(b) A revelation.
(c) Thrilling.
(d) A lot of noise.

3. Why does Catherine say that her music was in the newspaper?
(a) Because she is a woman in a man's world.
(b) Because she is an unmarried pregnant woman.
(c) Because she has been very fortunate.
(d) Because she is a Roman Catholic using Protestant drums.

4. What does Catherine do after the funeral when they get back to the house?
(a) Goes upstairs to take a nap.
(b) Puts out the food and drinks for the many visitors.
(c) Hovers over her mother making sure she is okay.
(d) Sits in the corner drinking tea.

5. What do Catherine and her mother talk about as they drink brandy?
(a) Talk about her father.
(b) Talk about Catherine's life away from home.
(c) Talk about the changes to the house.
(d) Talk about Anna.

6. How did Miss Bingham describe Catherine's work?
(a) Inconsistent and spiraling.
(b) Powerful and difficult.
(c) Moody and changing.
(d) Surprising and catchy.

7. What did the Chinese restaurant have to do to be able to stay in business?
(a) Rent out an apartment.
(b) Sell chips.
(c) Take in laundry.
(d) Sell souvenirs to tourists.

8. What does Catherine think her father would have hated in the piece she played on the radio?
(a) The speed.
(b) The drums.
(c) The length.
(d) The accompaniment.

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

10. What did Catherine's music give to Miss Bingham?
(a) Peace.
(b) Support.
(c) Hope.
(d) Love.

11. What name does Catherine's mother cry and repeat over and over?
(a) Anna.
(b) Brendan.
(c) Paddy.
(d) Catie.

12. How does Catherine's mother tell her that her relative was treated for depression?
(a) Pills.
(b) Electric shock therapy.
(c) Commitment.
(d) Therapy.

13. What does Catherine think about when she watches and hears the dirt being thrown on her father's coffin?
(a) The first time she played the piano for her father.
(b) When she first moved out of her parents home.
(c) How her mother and father loved each other.
(d) A Christmas Eve when she was 11.

14. What did Miss Bingham like for Catherine to watch during concerts?
(a) The pianist.
(b) The violinist.
(c) The conductor.
(d) The audience.

15. What happens when Catherine and Anna look at each other in the mirror?
(a) They both cry.
(b) They both laugh.
(c) They both smile.
(d) They both make faces.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was one of the changes Catherine noticed to her house?

2. Why can't Miss Bingham play the piano anymore?

3. What was Catherine's father disappointed to miss that he received many phone calls about?

4. How long ago did Catherine have a child?

5. How much was the prize when Catherine won the Moncrieff-Hewitt Award for her Piano Trio?

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