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

2. What does Catherine's favorite composer ask her to do?
(a) Play for him.
(b) Stay at his home.
(c) Write him a piece of music.
(d) Read to him.

3. How does Anna get from the plane to her hometown?
(a) Mother picks her up.
(b) Cab.
(c) Train.
(d) Bus.

4. How much was the prize when Catherine won the Moncrieff-Hewitt Award for her Piano Trio?
(a) Travel around Scotland.
(b) A new piano.
(c) Free tuition for a year.
(d) 1,000 pounds.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the idea of writing a mass intrigue Catherine?

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

3. Who is Catherine thinking about as she boards the plane?

4. What disease does Catherine suffer from?

5. Where did Miss Bingham often take Catherine?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Paddy comfort Catherine and how does she know him?

7. Why is the pub closed?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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