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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 tell Liz?
(a) She wants to pack up Anna and run away.
(b) She thinks Anna doesn't love her.
(c) She is very sad at the loss of her father
(d) She didn't recognize her own child for a second.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Miss Bingham ride her bicycle?

2. Who else in Catherine's family was depressed according to her mother?

3. Which of the following is the main character of this novel?

4. What do Catherine and Geraldine have in common?

5. What does Catherine say to her mother when she sees her for the first time?

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