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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. How did Miss Bingham describe Catherine's work?
(a) Inconsistent and spiraling.
(b) Surprising and catchy.
(c) Powerful and difficult.
(d) Moody and changing.

2. What does Catherine do whenever she feels herself getting the flu?
(a) The need to be in bed.
(b) The desire to hear Buchner.
(c) The need to write.
(d) The desire to listen to music.

3. What does Catherine find out is wrong with Miss Bingham?
(a) She has a nervous tic.
(b) She has cancer.
(c) She has emphysema.
(d) She has stopped smoking.

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

5. How does Miss Bingham feel about Catherine?
(a) She is disappointed in her.
(b) She is surprised by her.
(c) She is ashamed of her.
(d) She is proud of her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Catherine have to do after she got caught lying?

2. How did Catherine's father die?

3. What does lying around in bed remind Catherine of?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the salt shaker get a crease in it?

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

4. What was one of the things her first music teacher taught Catherine?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Catherine think had been improving until this situation and what did her doctor tell her about it?

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