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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Anna get from the plane to her hometown?
(a) Mother picks her up.
(b) Bus.
(c) Cab.
(d) Train.

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

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

4. What does Catherine's mother say about her after learning she had a child?
(a) She is dishonest.
(b) She is a heathen.
(c) She is unclean.
(d) She is dirty.

5. What did Catherine have to do after she got caught lying?
(a) Work in the pub for a month.
(b) Go to confession.
(c) Clean the entire house.
(d) Write an apology letter.

6. What is Catherine surprised to see when she gets to town?
(a) A Chinese restaurant and police barracks.
(b) New housing developments.
(c) A statue of her father.
(d) A theater that the Orangemen play in.

7. What name does Catherine's mother cry and repeat over and over?
(a) Brendan.
(b) Paddy.
(c) Catie.
(d) Anna.

8. What kind of thoughts does Catherine try to control on the ride to see Anna?
(a) Sad.
(b) Positive.
(c) Inconsistent.
(d) Negative.

9. Why does Catherine choose to conform when she is home?
(a) It makes her feel better.
(b) It is easier.
(c) It is respectful.
(d) It provides comfort.

10. What are grace notes according to this novel?
(a) Extra notes in a composition.
(b) Short, quick notes.
(c) Notes between musical notes.
(d) The hidden melody in a piece.

11. Why does Catherine ring the bell to get in her house?
(a) She can't get to her key.
(b) She can't think straight.
(c) She lost her key.
(d) She doesn't want to wake Anna.

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

13. Catherine's mother accuses Catherine of what in regard to her mother's religious beliefs?
(a) Demeaning them.
(b) Mistreating them.
(c) Mocking them.
(d) Reinforcing them.

14. How much was the prize when Catherine won the Moncrieff-Hewitt Award for her Piano Trio?
(a) A new piano.
(b) Free tuition for a year.
(c) Travel around Scotland.
(d) 1,000 pounds.

15. What was the first lie Catherine had ever told about?
(a) Drinking.
(b) A boy.
(c) Skipping school.
(d) Drugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Liz tell Catherine?

2. What was Catherine's father disappointed to miss that he received many phone calls about?

3. What does Catherine ask before she agrees to play the organ at the formal services for her father the next day?

4. What happens when Catherine and Anna look at each other in the mirror?

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

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