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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 kind of thoughts does Catherine try to control on the ride to see Anna?
(a) Negative.
(b) Inconsistent.
(c) Positive.
(d) Sad.

2. What does Catherine's mother say about her after learning she had a child?
(a) She is dishonest.
(b) She is a heathen.
(c) She is unclean.
(d) She is dirty.

3. What was the first lie Catherine had ever told about?
(a) Drinking.
(b) A boy.
(c) Skipping school.
(d) Drugs.

4. Who does her mother say will do Catherine's hair for the funeral?
(a) Geraldine.
(b) Anna.
(c) Paddy.
(d) Megan.

5. Catherine's mother accuses Catherine of what in regard to her mother's religious beliefs?
(a) Mocking them.
(b) Mistreating them.
(c) Reinforcing them.
(d) Demeaning them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Catherine's father die?

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

3. What does Catherine's mother notice and ask her about when she wakes her up?

4. How old is Anna?

5. What does Catherine do after the funeral when they get back to the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Catherine react to the praise she received from Lemberg when she won the Moncrieff-Hewitt Award?

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

3. How did Catherine feel about the drums and how did they make her feel?

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

5. When Catherine and her mother go to pick up her father at the train station and he is drunk, how does Catherine feel?

6. What do Catherine and her mother see at the grave site when they go to visit?

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

8. Why does Catherine decide she can't wear jeans to her father's funeral?

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

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

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