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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. Which of the following is the main character of this novel?

2. What did Catherine have to do after she got caught lying?

3. What does Catherine ask before she agrees to play the organ at the formal services for her father the next day?

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

5. What does Catherine take with her when she goes to take a nap?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was one of the things her first music teacher taught Catherine?

2. How does Paddy comfort Catherine and how does she know him?

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

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

5. Why does Catherine decide she can't wear jeans to her father's funeral?

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

7. Where does Mrs. MeKenna go when they come back from the funeral and what does she tell those that offer her condolences?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Where does Catherine get her love of music? Who shows her how to work with this love? How does this love help her throughout her life?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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