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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What happens when Catherine tries to play a piece that she hasn't finished writing for her favorite composer?
(a) His dog tries to mount her.
(b) His wife faints and has to be taken away.
(c) He falls asleep in the chair.
(d) He interrupts her.

4. How does Anna get from the plane to her hometown?
(a) Bus.
(b) Mother picks her up.
(c) Cab.
(d) Train.

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

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

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

8. What does Catherine's mother say that she has become?
(a) A disappointment.
(b) Disrespectful.
(c) A proper lady.
(d) A heathen.

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

10. What does Catherine tell Miss Bingham she is working on?
(a) A Latin mass.
(b) A voice piece.
(c) A Catholic mass.
(d) A drum piece.

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

12. What name does Catherine's mother cry and repeat over and over?
(a) Anna.
(b) Paddy.
(c) Brendan.
(d) Catie.

13. When they get back to the pub after the funeral, what is Catherine overwhelmed with a desire to do?
(a) Eat.
(b) Cry.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Drink.

14. Why does Catherine's mother want them to go to the graveyard the day after her father was buried?
(a) She wants to gather up the cards.
(b) She cannot let go and needs to visit him.
(c) She said they didn't have a chance to pray because too much was going on.
(d) She needs to check and maker sure that things are okay with him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Catherine and her mother talk about as they drink brandy?

2. What does Catherine ask before she agrees to play the organ at the formal services for her father the next day?

3. Why did Miss Bingham ride her bicycle?

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

5. Where did Catherine meet her favorite composer?

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