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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. What does Catherine's mother notice and ask her about when she wakes her up?
2. What is Catherine thinking about when she wakes up at four thirty in the morning?
3. Which of the following is the main character of this novel?
4. How much was the prize when Catherine won the Moncrieff-Hewitt Award for her Piano Trio?
5. What does Catherine think her father would have hated in the piece she played on the radio?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens as Catherine plays a song she hasn't finished writing for Melnichuck?
2. What did Catherine remember listening to as she rode on the bus through her hometown?
3. Where does Mrs. MeKenna go when they come back from the funeral and what does she tell those that offer her condolences?
4. How did the salt shaker get a crease in it?
5. Why does Geraldine think she and Catherine are single?
6. What does Catherine remember about her father?
7. How did Catherine feel about the drums and how did they make her feel?
8. What does Catherine remember Huang as being able to get away with?
9. What happened to Catherine when she was a child and had the flu?
10. Why is the pub closed?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What does Catherine focus on while she is in Ireland? Why do you think she focuses on this? Does this help or harm her? Why do you feel this way?
Essay Topic 2
In what ways are Catherine's parents responsible for the separation between them? In what ways is Catherine responsible for the separation? Who do you believe is more to blame and why do you feel that way?
Essay Topic 3
What is one of the central tenants of Taoism? How is Taoism related to Catherine? How does it affect her beliefs about music?
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