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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following characters does Catherine realize died and received a military grave while she was in Scotland?
(a) Anna.
(b) Megan.
(c) Patrick.
(d) Paddy.

3. How old was Catherine when she started taking piano lessons?
(a) 15.
(b) 10.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

4. How does Catherine feel when she wakes up at four thirty the morning after her father's funeral?
(a) Angry.
(b) Resigned.
(c) Confused.
(d) In a panic.

5. What term does Catherine's father use to describe some of the actions taken by the Protestants?
(a) Bigots.
(b) Excellent musicians.
(c) Orangemen.
(d) Dedicated.

Short Answer Questions

1. When they get back to the pub after the funeral, what is Catherine overwhelmed with a desire to do?

2. Why does Catherine's mother want them to go to the graveyard the day after her father was buried?

3. What disease does Catherine suffer from?

4. What does Catherine do whenever she feels herself getting the flu?

5. Who does her mother say will do Catherine's hair for the funeral?

(see the answer key)

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