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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does putting pieces of music together remind Catherine of?
(a) Her childhood piano teacher.
(b) The way her father poured drinks.
(c) Her granny's handmade quilts.
(d) Her mother's cooking methods.

2. Which of the following is not one of the descriptors Catherine uses for her daughter right after she is born?
(a) Perfect.
(b) Gorgeous.
(c) Feminine.
(d) Tiny.

3. Which of the following is not an accurate description of how Catherine feels about leaving the hospital?
(a) Uneasy.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Tense.
(d) Anxious.

4. What does Catherine want music to celebrate?
(a) The surprise of unexpected feelings.
(b) The idea that miracles happen daily.
(c) The human life cycle.
(d) The birth of an ordinary girl.

5. Why does Catherine wonder if she should pray?
(a) She doesn't believe in God.
(b) Her father would think better of her.
(c) The nuns are not there to help her.
(d) The pain is so intense.

6. Why does Catherine sound drunk?
(a) She is having a stroke.
(b) She used alcohol to try and reduce the amount of pain she was in.
(c) She is in so much pain from her contractions.
(d) The nurse gave her pain medication for her contractions.

7. What does Catherine remember that a teacher once told her all lullabies were about?
(a) The problems with the world.
(b) The death of a child.
(c) The birth of children.
(d) The need for safety.

8. Why doesn't Dave want to teach Catherine to drive?
(a) He wants to control her.
(b) He wants to avoid fights.
(c) He doesn't have a car.
(d) He doesn't know how to drive.

9. What will Catherine miss about being in the hospital with the nurses?
(a) Being able to sleep sometimes.
(b) Having someone to talk to.
(c) Having help with Anna.
(d) Being pampered by them.

10. Why was Liz shocked that Catherine had a child?
(a) She knows it will impede her music career.
(b) She thought she was moving back home.
(c) She had never noticed she was pregnant.
(d) She didn't know she was married.

11. Why is Catherine leaving Dave?
(a) Because she wants to start a new part of her life.
(b) Because she found out Anna is not his.
(c) Because he keeps hitting her.
(d) Because she doesn't love him.

12. What do Catherine and Dave fight about constantly?
(a) His drinking.
(b) Her music.
(c) Money.
(d) Her parents.

13. Who are many of Catherine's memories tied to?
(a) Mother.
(b) Music Teacher.
(c) Father.
(d) Granny.

14. What is the name of the hospital?
(a) Corupted Corral.
(b) Horrible Hospital.
(c) Terrible Trouble.
(d) Rotten Row.

15. Where does Catherine's father think she is?
(a) England.
(b) United States.
(c) Scotland.
(d) Ireland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Catherine look at the nun's face as she is checking the baby's vital signs?

2. Why doesn't Dave come to the hospital?

3. Which of the following terms best describes how Catherine feels about the night her students play the mass she is working on?

4. What does Catherine believe Christmas carols celebrate?

5. What does the nurse assure Catherine?

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