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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 are grace notes according to this novel?

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

3. What does lying around in bed remind Catherine of?

4. What kind of depression does Catherine confess to her mother she has?

5. What does Liz tell Catherine?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Catherine wake up from her nap in the spare room?

2. How did Catherine feel about the drums and how did they make her feel?

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

4. Why is the pub closed?

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

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

7. Why doesn't Catherine play very well when she is playing for Melnichuch and what is his response to her playing?

8. What do Catherine and her mother see at the grave site when they go to visit?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what ways is Catherine isolated? Does she isolate herself? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

What is Miss Bingham's real purpose in Catherine's life? How does Catherine repay Miss Bingham? Do you believe Catherine treats Miss Bingham well? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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