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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. Where does Miss Bingham get her only comfort?

2. What name does Catherine's mother cry and repeat over and over?

3. What kind of thoughts does Catherine try to control on the ride to see Anna?

4. What does Catherine find out is wrong with Miss Bingham?

5. Where is Catherine's home now?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is the pub closed?

3. What does Catherine remember about her teachers and classmates?

4. How did Catherine's father explain the Orangemen to Catherine?

5. What does Catherine remember about her father?

6. How did Catherine react to the praise she received from Lemberg when she won the Moncrieff-Hewitt Award?

7. What does Catherine remember Huang as being able to get away with?

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

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

10. What does Catherine notice as she enters the living quarters above the pub?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does the title of the novel have to do with the plot and ideas introduced in the novel? Do you believe it is a good title? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

In what ways does Catherine's creation of music mirror the way she views her child? How does she feel about both? Does she love one more? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

For what does Catherine feel guilty? Is this guilt justified? Would you have handled things differently than Catherine did? Why or why not?

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