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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 Liz say about Anna?
(a) She is a very happy baby.
(b) She is very well behaved.
(c) She looks just like her father.
(d) She is gorgeous.

2. What does the nurse put in Catherine's bath water?
(a) Milk.
(b) Lotion and oil.
(c) Bubbles.
(d) Coarse salt.

3. Why does Catherine hate winter?
(a) She cannot get outside as much.
(b) Dave seems to always be drunk.
(c) It reminds her of her mother and father.
(d) The lack of sunshine depresses her.

4. How does Catherine describes Dave's action of not showing up to pick her up from the airport after having Anna?
(a) Unusual.
(b) Surprising.
(c) Defeating.
(d) Typical.

5. Which of the following terms best describes how Catherine feels about the night her students play the mass she is working on?
(a) Appeasing.
(b) Magical.
(c) Astonishing.
(d) Surprising.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Catherine call and tell that she had a baby girl?

2. Which of the following statements is true about Part 2 of this novel?

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

4. What does the nurse assure Catherine?

5. What do the breathing strategies the nurse wants Catherine to use during labor remind her of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How are the people at Rotten Row and what does Catherine decide to do about it?

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

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

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

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

10. What does Catherine think about when she can't get to sleep for a long time?

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