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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) There are now CDs and a CD player.
(c) There is new furniture in all of the rooms.
(d) They have added on an extra room.

2. What do Catherine and her mother talk about as they drink brandy?
(a) Talk about Anna.
(b) Talk about Catherine's life away from home.
(c) Talk about the changes to the house.
(d) Talk about her father.

3. How old was Catherine when she started taking piano lessons?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

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

5. Where does Miss Bingham get her only comfort?
(a) Music.
(b) Friends.
(c) Religion.
(d) Piano.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Anna?

2. Why were some of the buildings in Catherine's town boarded up?

3. What does Catherine think her father would have hated in the piece she played on the radio?

4. How did Miss Bingham describe Catherine's work?

5. What did Catherine's music give to Miss Bingham?

Short Essay Questions

1. What excuse does Catherine offer on the walk home when her mother asks what is wrong?

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

3. How does Catherine wake up from her nap in the spare room?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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