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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do Catherine and Geraldine have in common?
(a) They both like to do hair.
(b) They both live in a pub.
(c) They both are single.
(d) They both lost their father.

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

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

5. What does Catherine tell Liz?
(a) She is very sad at the loss of her father
(b) She wants to pack up Anna and run away.
(c) She didn't recognize her own child for a second.
(d) She thinks Anna doesn't love her.

6. Why can't Miss Bingham play the piano anymore?
(a) She cannot see the music anymore.
(b) Her arthritis is so bad.
(c) Her piano was repossessed.
(d) Her coughing constantly interrupts her.

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

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

9. What does Catherine decide to wear to her father's funeral?
(a) Her favorite pair of jeans.
(b) Her black graduation skirt.
(c) The dress she wore to her aunt's.
(d) A shirt of her fathers.

10. Who is Catherine thinking about as she boards the plane?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her baby.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her brother.

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

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

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

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

15. What does Catherine say to her mother when she sees her for the first time?
(a) She can't speak and only cries.
(b) She apologizes.
(c) She is angry she wasn't notified sooner.
(d) She asks what happened.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Catherine when she started taking piano lessons?

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

3. How much was the prize when Catherine won the Moncrieff-Hewitt Award for her Piano Trio?

4. Who does her mother say will do Catherine's hair for the funeral?

5. How old is Anna?

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