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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the main character going to Ireland?
(a) Her father's funeral.
(b) For a vacation.
(c) To play a concert.
(d) To visit her new nephew.

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

3. What does Catherine say to her mother when she sees her for the first time?
(a) She can't speak and only cries.
(b) She is angry she wasn't notified sooner.
(c) She apologizes.
(d) She asks what happened.

4. Who is Catherine's favorite composer?
(a) Haydn.
(b) Melnichuck.
(c) Olga.
(d) Mozart.

5. Why were some of the buildings in Catherine's town boarded up?
(a) There was high unemployment.
(b) There was a bombing.
(c) A flood had ravaged the town.
(d) The major business in the town had left and so had many people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Catherine take with her when she goes to take a nap?

2. What kind of depression does Catherine confess to her mother she has?

3. What kind of business did Catherine's father own?

4. When Catherine and her mother go to meet her father at the train station when she was 11, what embarrassed her mother?

5. What are grace notes according to this novel?

(see the answer key)

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