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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 want music to celebrate?
(a) The idea that miracles happen daily.
(b) The birth of an ordinary girl.
(c) The human life cycle.
(d) The surprise of unexpected feelings.

2. What do Catherine and Dave fight about constantly?
(a) Her parents.
(b) His drinking.
(c) Her music.
(d) Money.

3. What were Catherine and Liz planning when Catherine met Dave?
(a) A concert under the stars.
(b) A vacation to the beach.
(c) A cloud watching excursion.
(d) A geography field trip.

4. What does Catherine indicate she hears as her daughter is born?
(a) Her daughter crying.
(b) Choirs singing.
(c) Drums pounding.
(d) Her father yelling.

5. What will Catherine miss about being in the hospital with the nurses?
(a) Being able to sleep sometimes.
(b) Being pampered by them.
(c) Having help with Anna.
(d) Having someone to talk to.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dave tell Catherine when he meets her for the first time?

2. Which of the following is not one of the descriptors Catherine uses for her daughter right after she is born?

3. Why does Catherine call the district nurse?

4. What does Catherine give to the nurses to say thank you?

5. What did her parents give Catherine when she was eleven and passed her qualifying exam?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Catherine feel the day she leaves the hospital?

2. How does Catherine's father react to the news that she won't be coming home for Christmas and how does Catherine react to him?

3. What does Catherine tell Liz was the reason for her phone call?

4. What does Catherine learn about St. Cecilia and how does it affect her?

5. How does Catherine describe Dave's work and how does she feel about it?

6. How does Catherine relax while she is experiencing the labor pains?

7. What happens when Catherine and Cranny are sewing or making hot water for tea?

8. Why is Dave able to do work that the big boats cannot do?

9. What does Catherine remember happening between her and her parents and what does she do because of it during her postgraduate year in Glasgow?

10. What does Catherine realize she is doing when she hears herself talking about how lovely her daughter is?

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