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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't Miss Bingham play the piano anymore?

2. Which of the following is not one of the things that Huang told Catherine that all compositions must have?

3. Who is Catherine thinking about as she boards the plane?

4. How does Anna get from the plane to her hometown?

5. What term does Catherine's father use to describe some of the actions taken by the Protestants?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the salt shaker get a crease in it?

2. What happens as Catherine plays a song she hasn't finished writing for Melnichuck?

3. What happened to Catherine when she was a child and had the flu?

4. Where does Mrs. MeKenna go when they come back from the funeral and what does she tell those that offer her condolences?

5. What did Catherine play for her mother and how did her mother react?

6. What excuse does Catherine offer on the walk home when her mother asks what is wrong?

7. What was one of the things her first music teacher taught Catherine?

8. When Catherine and her mother go to pick up her father at the train station and he is drunk, how does Catherine feel?

9. Why does Geraldine think she and Catherine are single?

10. What does Catherine remember about her father?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the first half of the novel, two worlds clash for Catherine. What are these two worlds? Why do you think they clash? Is this clash ever resolved? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

How does Catherine feel when she tells her mother about Anna? How does Catherine's mother react? Why do you think she reacts this way?

Essay Topic 3

Where does Catherine go when she becomes overwhelmed by her parents' fighting? How does this relationship help Catherine?

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