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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. How does Miss Bingham feel about Catherine?

2. What does Catherine say to her mother when she sees her for the first time?

3. Where did Catherine meet her favorite composer?

4. Why does Catherine choose to conform when she is home?

5. What does Catherine do after the funeral when they get back to the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened in Catherine's hometown according to the bus driver?

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

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

4. What does the young priest who performed Catherine's father's ceremony ask her?

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

6. What does Catherine remember about her father?

7. When did the salt shaker at Catherine's home get a crease in it?

8. How does Catherine's father look when she sees him again?

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

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

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

Why does Catherine have to come to grips with her past? What steps does she take to make this happen? Do you think she took the right steps? 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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