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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Catherine feel about her desire to die?
(a) She feels in complete despair.
(b) She feels resigned to the idea.
(c) She feels selfish for that thought.
(d) She feels incompetent.

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

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

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

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

7. What does Catherine look for as she rides through her hometown?
(a) Familiar landmarks.
(b) The home she grew up in.
(c) People that she knows.
(d) Drumming contests.

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

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

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

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

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

13. Which of the following was one of the changes Catherine noticed to her house?
(a) There is new furniture in all of the rooms.
(b) There are now CDs and a CD player.
(c) They have added on an extra room.
(d) The piano has been removed.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Catherine think the drumming is?

2. What does Catherine say to her mother when she sees her for the first time?

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

4. What does Catherine tell Liz?

5. Which of the following is the main character of this novel?

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