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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 that she has become?
(a) A proper lady.
(b) A heathen.
(c) Disrespectful.
(d) A disappointment.

2. What job did Catherine quit to write music?
(a) Traveling musician.
(b) Orchestra.
(c) Director.
(d) Teaching.

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

4. What kind of business did Catherine's father own?
(a) Shop.
(b) School.
(c) Pub.
(d) Music studio.

5. What happens when Catherine and Anna look at each other in the mirror?
(a) They both make faces.
(b) They both laugh.
(c) They both cry.
(d) They both smile.

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

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

8. Where does Catherine stop on the way to Miss Bingham's house?
(a) To try once again to talk to her mother.
(b) The church to go to confession.
(c) A store to buy some chocolates.
(d) Her father's grave.

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

10. What did Miss Bingham like for Catherine to watch during concerts?
(a) The audience.
(b) The pianist.
(c) The conductor.
(d) The violinist.

11. What does Catherine think the drumming is?
(a) A lot of noise.
(b) The same as bells.
(c) A revelation.
(d) Depressing.

12. How old is Anna?
(a) 18 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 20 months.

13. What does Catherine take with her when she goes to take a nap?
(a) Her father's shirt.
(b) A picture of Anna.
(c) A hot water bottle.
(d) A sheet of music.

14. Where did Catherine meet her favorite composer?
(a) Glasgow.
(b) New York.
(c) London.
(d) Kiev.

15. How does Catherine decide to head home from the airport?
(a) Bus.
(b) Walking.
(c) Anna's father picks her up.
(d) Taxi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first lie Catherine had ever told about?

2. How does Miss Bingham feel about Catherine?

3. Why is the main character going to Ireland?

4. Why does Catherine choose to conform when she is home?

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

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