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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 does the nurse assure Catherine?
(a) The hospital will take good care of her.
(b) David will make it before the baby comes.
(c) She won't give birth on the plane.
(d) She will help her to get through the pain.

2. Why doesn't Dave want to teach Catherine to drive?
(a) He doesn't know how to drive.
(b) He doesn't have a car.
(c) He wants to control her.
(d) He wants to avoid fights.

3. What does Catherine do to ease her mind as she gets ready to hear her composition played?
(a) Reads the program.
(b) Taps her foot nervously.
(c) Hides in the bathroom.
(d) Talks to Liz nonstop.

4. What does Catherine think she should write a manual about?
(a) How to play the piano when pregnant.
(b) How to incorporate rounds into other melodies.
(c) How to get buy on little money.
(d) How to write music for the piano.

5. What type of rhythm comes to Catherine as she thinks about celebration music?
(a) A drum beat steady and true like a heart beat.
(b) The breathing and panting required in labor.
(c) A sequence of highs and lows like life.
(d) Breathing rhythm in three-note sequence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What vow does Catherine make in regards to her daughter right after she is born?

2. What does Catherine find wrong with the house when she goes inside?

3. What term did Catherine ask her mother about that her mother ignored and pretended not to hear?

4. What is the name of the hospital?

5. What do the breathing strategies the nurse wants Catherine to use during labor remind her of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in regards to Catherine's contractions and what do the sisters tell her to do?

2. What does Catherine realize will happen the longer she lives without telling her parents about her child?

3. What happens when Catherine and Cranny are sewing or making hot water for tea?

4. How does Catherine describe Dave's work and how does she feel about it?

5. What does Catherine realize about the celebration of birth through music?

6. What does Catherine want to tell her mother after giving birth to Anna?

7. What is Catherine given as a reward for passing her qualifying exam?

8. Why is Dave able to do work that the big boats cannot do?

9. How does Catherine feel the day she leaves the hospital?

10. What does Catherine realize she is doing when she hears herself talking about how lovely her daughter is?

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