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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 remember that a teacher once told her all lullabies were about?
(a) The birth of children.
(b) The need for safety.
(c) The death of a child.
(d) The problems with the world.

2. Where did Catherine get most of her furniture?
(a) Auctions.
(b) Hand-me-downs.
(c) Thrift stores.
(d) Antique stores.

3. How does her father react to the news that she won't be coming home for Christmas?
(a) He stops talking to her.
(b) He is angry.
(c) He says that he is relieved.
(d) He hands the phone to her mother.

4. How does the nurse help Catherine with the pain?
(a) She rubs her hand.
(b) She has her continue to walk.
(c) She gives her a shot.
(d) She rubs her back and tells her to relax.

5. Which of the following statements is true about Part 2 of this novel?
(a) It takes place in the future.
(b) It takes place in the past.
(c) It involves flashbacks and flash forwards.
(d) It involves only characters not in part one.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following words best describes how Catherine feels about the baby and everything involving her on the island?

2. What does Catherine indicate she hears as her daughter is born?

3. Why doesn't Dave come to the hospital?

4. What type of rhythm comes to Catherine as she thinks about celebration music?

5. What does Catherine think she should write a manual about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Catherine given as a reward for passing her qualifying exam?

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

3. What does Catherine want to tell her mother after giving birth to Anna?

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

5. What names had Catherine and Dave chosen for their child?

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

7. 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?

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

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

10. What does Catherine's Granny say is terrible and what must it be worse than?

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