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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Catherine find out is wrong with Miss Bingham?
(a) She has stopped smoking.
(b) She has emphysema.
(c) She has a nervous tic.
(d) She has cancer.

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

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

6. 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) So few are written by women.
(d) It is like speaking to God.

7. What does Catherine do after the funeral when they get back to the house?
(a) Hovers over her mother making sure she is okay.
(b) Puts out the food and drinks for the many visitors.
(c) Goes upstairs to take a nap.
(d) Sits in the corner drinking tea.

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

9. Why did Miss Bingham ride her bicycle?
(a) Because she didn't have a car.
(b) To keep her joints loose.
(c) She had lost her license.
(d) To get enough exercise.

10. How does Miss Bingham feel about Catherine?
(a) She is disappointed in her.
(b) She is proud of her.
(c) She is surprised by her.
(d) She is ashamed of her.

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

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

14. How does Miss Bingham react to hearing that Catherine had a child?
(a) She congratulates her.
(b) She is shocked.
(c) She is not surprised.
(d) She is ashamed of her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Catherine think her father would have hated in the piece she played on the radio?

2. Why does Catherine's mother want them to go to the graveyard the day after her father was buried?

3. Which of the following was one of the changes Catherine noticed to her house?

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

5. Why does Catherine say that her music was in the newspaper?

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