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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Catherine's mother react to the news that Catherine had a child?
(a) She is proud.
(b) She is shocked.
(c) She is surprised.
(d) She is angered.

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

4. Which of the following is the main character of this novel?
(a) Anna.
(b) Georg.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Geraldine.

5. What does Catherine's mother make her to calm her down?
(a) Some fresh chips.
(b) Warm milk.
(c) Tea.
(d) A nice meal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Catherine take with her when she goes to take a nap?

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

3. Where did Miss Bingham often take Catherine?

4. What job did Catherine quit to write music?

5. When they get back to the pub after the funeral, what is Catherine overwhelmed with a desire to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the pub closed?

2. What does Catherine remember that her father taught her and how did it make her feel?

3. Where does Mrs. MeKenna go when they come back from the funeral and what does she tell those that offer her condolences?

4. How does Catherine's father look when she sees him again?

5. How did Catherine's father explain the Orangemen to Catherine?

6. What happened to Catherine when she was a child and had the flu?

7. What question did Huang Xiao Gang ask Catherine and what does she remember him discussing about sound?

8. What happens as Catherine plays a song she hasn't finished writing for Melnichuck?

9. Why does Geraldine think she and Catherine are single?

10. What did Catherine remember listening to as she rode on the bus through her hometown?

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