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

2. Why does Catherine throw away the note she found?
(a) Because she can't read the writing on it.
(b) Because it brings back too many bad memories.
(c) Because she doesn't want her mother to see it.
(d) Because it is reminding her father to meet someone on an unidentified Tuesday.

3. How does Catherine feel when she looks down at Anna?
(a) Surprise.
(b) Anger.
(c) Relief.
(d) Fear.

4. What did Miss Bingham like for Catherine to watch during concerts?
(a) The audience.
(b) The conductor.
(c) The pianist.
(d) The violinist.

5. Why does Catherine ring the bell to get in her house?
(a) She doesn't want to wake Anna.
(b) She can't get to her key.
(c) She lost her key.
(d) She can't think straight.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long ago did Catherine have a child?

2. What is Catherine surprised to see when she gets to town?

3. What job did Catherine quit to write music?

4. What name does Catherine's mother cry and repeat over and over?

5. What does Catherine do whenever she feels herself getting the flu?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Catherine play for her mother and how did her mother react?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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