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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 putting pieces of music together remind Catherine of?
(a) Her mother's cooking methods.
(b) The way her father poured drinks.
(c) Her childhood piano teacher.
(d) Her granny's handmade quilts.

2. What term did Catherine ask her mother about that her mother ignored and pretended not to hear?
(a) Had sexual intercourse.
(b) Patron saint of music.
(c) Feast of Immaculate Conception.
(d) Conserved her virginity.

3. What keeps Catherine off balance and is affecting her work?
(a) The tuning of the piano.
(b) David's inconsistent work.
(c) Her teaching schedule.
(d) Mood swings.

4. How many countries was Catherine's concert broadcast to?
(a) 20.
(b) 5.
(c) 40.
(d) 10.

5. Why does Catherine look at the nun's face as she is checking the baby's vital signs?
(a) To see if everything is all right.
(b) To see if she recognizes her.
(c) To make sure she will be nice.
(d) To make sure she understands what is happening.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Catherine wonder if Dave will still find her attractive?

2. Who called Catherine to say congratulations?

3. What does Catherine find to be a repetition she wants to escape?

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

5. How much money does Catherine say she will get for the composition she is working on called Vernicle?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Catherine hear when the midwife is delivering her child?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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