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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. Why doesn't Dave want to teach Catherine to drive?
(a) He wants to avoid fights.
(b) He wants to control her.
(c) He doesn't know how to drive.
(d) He doesn't have a car.

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

3. What is the name of the hospital?
(a) Horrible Hospital.
(b) Corupted Corral.
(c) Rotten Row.
(d) Terrible Trouble.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why do the nuns tell Catherine to walk around?

3. What happens when Catherine gets to the airport?

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

5. What will Catherine miss about being in the hospital with the nurses?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Catherine realize about the celebration of birth through music?

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

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

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