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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Materia's reaction to Kathleen's death?
(a) She was overwhelmed with guilt.
(b) She was frightened and confused.
(c) All of the answers are true.
(d) She was relieved.

2. How long after receiving the mysterious note, does James arrive in Grand Central Station to bring Kathleen home?
(a) Three hours.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) Three months.
(d) Three days.

3. How did Materia kill Kathleen?
(a) She shot her.
(b) She poisoned her.
(c) She suffocated her.
(d) She stabbed her.

4. What disease is Kathleen's baby born with, causing the house to be put in quarantine?
(a) Influenza.
(b) Scarlet Fever.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Polio.

5. What is James's reaction to burying Ambrose?
(a) He prays to the Heavens to protect the baby's lost soul.
(b) He shouts and curses his daughters.
(c) He is stoic and cold.
(d) He weeps loudly.

6. Who found the dead baby and tried to resuscitate him?
(a) Frances.
(b) James.
(c) Mercedes.
(d) Lily.

7. How does James react when Kathleen sneaks up behind him and strikes the keys while he is tuning the piano?
(a) He hugs her.
(b) He ignores her.
(c) He beats her.
(d) He begins to sing.

8. What does Frances show to Lily to prove that Ambrose was a real person?
(a) His headstone.
(b) A photo of his corpse.
(c) His christening gown.
(d) His birth certificate.

9. What is James's secret to staying alive on the battlefield?
(a) His apathy about life and death.
(b) His prayers every morning and night.
(c) His desperate desire to return home to family.
(d) His strong belief in fate.

10. What is the name of the school Kathleen was enrolled in as a child?
(a) Sydney's School for Catholic Girls.
(b) Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrows.
(c) Saint Mary's.
(d) Holy Angels.

11. Which of the following items is NOT described in detail in the opening passages of the prologue?
(a) The cutaway cliffs.
(b) The barren schoolyard.
(c) The bright moon.
(d) The thin trees.

12. What does James do when he visits Kathleen's graveside?
(a) He pulls weeds.
(b) He prays and reads the Bible.
(c) He cries.
(d) He sings songs softly.

13. What does Frances tell Lily they may find if they dig around in the back yard?
(a) The truth.
(b) A buried treasure.
(c) China.
(d) A skeleton.

14. Why did Frances bring the new baby down to the river where he died?
(a) To teach him how to swim.
(b) To baptize him.
(c) To bathe him.
(d) To give him a drink.

15. What is the last thing Kathleen sees before she dies?
(a) A ghost.
(b) A bat.
(c) A scarecrow.
(d) A bright light.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Kathleen's family members is the strongest supporter of her musical talent?

2. Who does James put in charge of raising the new baby after Materia's death?

3. How does Kathleen feel about New York when she finally moves there?

4. Which of the Piper family members create a family tree to show the generations who lived before them?

5. Which of the following figures haunt Kathleen in her nightmares?

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