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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not one of the reasons Catherine packs up all of her things?
(a) She doesn't want Dave to benefit from anything she leaves behind.
(b) They hold too many memories that she doesn't want to lose.
(c) She can't bear to abandon anything.
(d) She was being kicked out by Dave.

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

3. What letter does Catherine remember her mother telling her was missing from the sign of Malone Place?
(a) M.
(b) P.
(c) A.
(d) C.

4. Why is Catherine crying during the playing of her music?
(a) She wants to leave the hall.
(b) She knows she is giving everything up.
(c) She is so very proud of her accomplishment.
(d) She has found her faith.

5. What does Catherine do to ease her mind as she gets ready to hear her composition played?
(a) Talks to Liz nonstop.
(b) Reads the program.
(c) Hides in the bathroom.
(d) Taps her foot nervously.

6. What does Dave tell Catherine when he meets her for the first time?
(a) He says she looks like a student.
(b) He says she looks like she doesn't want to be there.
(c) He asks her to take a walk with him.
(d) He says she looks lost.

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

8. What term did Catherine ask her mother about that her mother ignored and pretended not to hear?
(a) Conserved her virginity.
(b) Patron saint of music.
(c) Feast of Immaculate Conception.
(d) Had sexual intercourse.

9. What keeps Catherine off balance and is affecting her work?
(a) Her teaching schedule.
(b) David's inconsistent work.
(c) Mood swings.
(d) The tuning of the piano.

10. Where did Catherine and Liz spend most of their time when they were on the island for the weekend planning?
(a) In the pubs.
(b) In their rooms.
(c) On the beaches.
(d) Looking over the geography.

11. Who did Catherine write this song for?
(a) Her father.
(b) Anna.
(c) Dave.
(d) Her mother.

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

13. How does Catherine find Anna to be?
(a) Difficult.
(b) Surprising.
(c) Content.
(d) Miraculous.

14. Why does Catherine teach?
(a) Because she needs to have someone try out her music.
(b) Because she loves helping the students.
(c) Because Dave cannot work in the winter.
(d) Because it is the only money she earns.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Catherine find to be a repetition she wants to escape?

2. Where does Ingrid say she had seen Dave earlier that day?

3. What will Catherine get to join if she finishes Vernicle?

4. Where did Catherine move when she left Dave's?

5. What does Catherine indicate she hears as her daughter is born?

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