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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 do Catherine and Geraldine have in common?
(a) They both live in a pub.
(b) They both are single.
(c) They both like to do hair.
(d) They both lost their father.

2. What does Catherine tell Liz?
(a) She wants to pack up Anna and run away.
(b) She thinks Anna doesn't love her.
(c) She didn't recognize her own child for a second.
(d) She is very sad at the loss of her father

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

4. Who else in Catherine's family was depressed according to her mother?
(a) Sister.
(b) Uncle.
(c) Brother.
(d) Father.

5. How does Catherine's mother want to walk home?
(a) Through downtown.
(b) Through the woods.
(c) Through the countryside.
(d) Through the graveyard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Catherine believe a composer does?

2. How does Catherine feel when she looks down at Anna?

3. What are grace notes according to this novel?

4. What does Catherine look for as she rides through her hometown?

5. How does Catherine feel about her desire to die?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is the pub closed?

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

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

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 does Catherine remember Huang as being able to get away with?

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

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

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

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

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