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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. What term does Catherine's father use to describe some of the actions taken by the Protestants?
(a) Excellent musicians.
(b) Dedicated.
(c) Bigots.
(d) Orangemen.

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

3. What did the Chinese restaurant have to do to be able to stay in business?
(a) Rent out an apartment.
(b) Take in laundry.
(c) Sell chips.
(d) Sell souvenirs to tourists.

4. What does Catherine decide will save her?
(a) Her positive thoughts.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her work.
(d) Her mother.

5. What does Catherine wonder how to tell her mother?
(a) About her memories of her father.
(b) About her new job.
(c) About Anna.
(d) About her depression.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of thoughts does Catherine try to control on the ride to see Anna?

2. How old is Anna?

3. How does Miss Bingham react to hearing that Catherine had a child?

4. How old was Catherine when she started taking piano lessons?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. When did the salt shaker at Catherine's home get a crease in it?

2. What does the young priest who performed Catherine's father's ceremony ask her?

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

4. What happened in Catherine's hometown according to the bus driver?

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

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

7. Why doesn't Catherine play very well when she is playing for Melnichuch and what is his response to her playing?

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

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

10. What does Catherine remember about her teachers and classmates?

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