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

2. How does the audience feel about Catherine's music?
(a) They give polite applause.
(b) They dislike it.
(c) They are stunned in silence.
(d) They like it.

3. Why was Liz shocked that Catherine had a child?
(a) She had never noticed she was pregnant.
(b) She knows it will impede her music career.
(c) She didn't know she was married.
(d) She thought she was moving back home.

4. How long does it take Catherine to learn to drive?
(a) One day.
(b) One week.
(c) One year.
(d) One month.

5. What do the breathing strategies the nurse wants Catherine to use during labor remind her of?
(a) Practicing her scales.
(b) A fine concert.
(c) Vocal exercise with Xiao Gang.
(d) Arguments she and her father had in the past.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Catherine crying during the playing of her music?

2. Why doesn't Catherine take the rides offered at the airport from two different people?

3. Why does Catherine look at the nurse for reassurance as the plane descends?

4. Why does Catherine look at the nun's face as she is checking the baby's vital signs?

5. What does Catherine tell her father is the reason she won't be home for Christmas?

Short Essay Questions

1. What excuse does Dave give to Catherine for not coming to see her and Anna in the hospital?

2. Why does Catherine decide she shouldn't pray to God?

3. What does Catherine remember her mother telling her about Catherine's birth?

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

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

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

7. What happens in regards to Catherine's contractions and what do the sisters tell her to do?

8. What does Catherine remember one of her music teachers saying about lullabies?

9. What is Catherine working on that she remembered learning from her Granny Boyd.

10. Who takes Catherine to the ambulance and what does he tell her about the hospital?

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