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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Catherine when she started taking piano lessons?
(a) 15.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 10.

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

3. What does Catherine believe a composer does?
(a) Tweaks notes to see which is the best.
(b) Hears the thing and writes it down.
(c) Hums the music and has someone else record it.
(d) Plays with various notes.

4. What do Catherine and her mother talk about as they drink brandy?
(a) Talk about Anna.
(b) Talk about her father.
(c) Talk about Catherine's life away from home.
(d) Talk about the changes to the house.

5. Where is Catherine's home now?
(a) Edinburgh.
(b) London.
(c) New York.
(d) Glasgow.

6. Who else in Catherine's family was depressed according to her mother?
(a) Uncle.
(b) Father.
(c) Brother.
(d) Sister.

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

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

9. What does Catherine think her father would have hated in the piece she played on the radio?
(a) The accompaniment.
(b) The length.
(c) The speed.
(d) The drums.

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

11. Why were some of the buildings in Catherine's town boarded up?
(a) The major business in the town had left and so had many people.
(b) A flood had ravaged the town.
(c) There was high unemployment.
(d) There was a bombing.

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

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

14. Where does Miss Bingham get her only comfort?
(a) Piano.
(b) Friends.
(c) Music.
(d) Religion.

15. How did Catherine's father die?
(a) A massive heart attack in the pub.
(b) A stroke in his sleep.
(c) A pneumonia like illness in the hospital.
(d) Cancer that slowly took his life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Catherine's mother cry and repeat over and over?

2. Where did Catherine meet her favorite composer?

3. Which of the following is not one of the things that Huang told Catherine that all compositions must have?

4. What does Catherine wonder how to tell her mother?

5. Where does Catherine stop on the way to Miss Bingham's house?

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