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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Catherine's mother react to the news that Catherine had a child?
(a) She is proud.
(b) She is shocked.
(c) She is angered.
(d) She is surprised.

2. What was Catherine's job for Christmas dinner?
(a) Make the potatoes.
(b) Make the gravy.
(c) Make the placemats.
(d) Set the table.

3. What does Catherine believe a composer does?
(a) Hums the music and has someone else record it.
(b) Hears the thing and writes it down.
(c) Plays with various notes.
(d) Tweaks notes to see which is the best.

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

5. When Catherine and her mother go to meet her father at the train station when she was 11, what embarrassed her mother?
(a) His cussing.
(b) His drunken behavior.
(c) His constant loud complaining of other people.
(d) His public displays of affection.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Catherine's mother say that she has become?

2. Which of the following is not one of the things that Huang told Catherine that all compositions must have?

3. What does Liz tell Catherine?

4. What name does Catherine's mother cry and repeat over and over?

5. How does Catherine's mother want to walk home?

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