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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Catherine throw away the note she found?
(a) Because it is reminding her father to meet someone on an unidentified Tuesday.
(b) Because she can't read the writing on it.
(c) Because it brings back too many bad memories.
(d) Because she doesn't want her mother to see it.

3. What does Catherine's father think the drumming is?
(a) The same as bells.
(b) A lot of noise.
(c) Thrilling.
(d) A revelation.

4. What does Catherine's mother notice and ask her about when she wakes her up?
(a) Pill bottles on the counter.
(b) Note from her father.
(c) Book about depression.
(d) Picture of the little girl.

5. Which of the following is the main character of this novel?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Geraldine.
(c) Georg.
(d) Anna.

6. What did Catherine's music give to Miss Bingham?
(a) Hope.
(b) Love.
(c) Peace.
(d) Support.

7. How does Catherine's favorite composer respond when she asks him about music and influences?
(a) Tomorrow.
(b) I don't understand.
(c) Later.
(d) No.

8. 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.

9. How long ago did Catherine have a child?
(a) One week.
(b) One year.
(c) Three months.
(d) Two months.

10. How does Catherine's mother want to walk home?
(a) Through downtown.
(b) Through the graveyard.
(c) Through the countryside.
(d) Through the woods.

11. What does Catherine's mother say that she has become?
(a) Disrespectful.
(b) A heathen.
(c) A proper lady.
(d) A disappointment.

12. How does Catherine feel when she looks down at Anna?
(a) Fear.
(b) Surprise.
(c) Relief.
(d) Anger.

13. How did Miss Bingham describe Catherine's work?
(a) Inconsistent and spiraling.
(b) Surprising and catchy.
(c) Moody and changing.
(d) Powerful and difficult.

14. Why does Catherine tell her mother she is working on a mass?
(a) Because of the religious significance.
(b) Because of the structure and form of it.
(c) Because of her father's death.
(d) Because of her depression.

15. Where did Miss Bingham often take Catherine?
(a) London for plays.
(b) Tea parties in Belgrade.
(c) Scotland for recitals.
(d) Concerts in Belfast.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Catherine go to view the body of her father?

2. What term does Catherine's father use to describe some of the actions taken by the Protestants?

3. How does Catherine's mother tell her that her relative was treated for depression?

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

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

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