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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 happens when Catherine tries to play a piece that she hasn't finished writing for her favorite composer?

2. What does Catherine tell Liz?

3. Who does her mother say will do Catherine's hair for the funeral?

4. What did the Chinese restaurant have to do to be able to stay in business?

5. How much was the prize when Catherine won the Moncrieff-Hewitt Award for her Piano Trio?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the pub closed?

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

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

4. What does Catherine think had been improving until this situation and what did her doctor tell her about it?

5. What did Catherine remember listening to as she rode on the bus through her hometown?

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

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

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

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

10. What does Catherine remember that her father taught her and how did it make her feel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

In what ways does Catherin show she is unsure and steady? In what ways does she show that she is ready to move forward?

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