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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 Catherine find Anna to be?

2. What keeps Catherine off balance and is affecting her work?

3. Why does Catherine hate winter?

4. What does walking on the beach with Anna remind Catherine about in regards to her students?

5. Where did Catherine get most of her furniture?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Dave able to do work that the big boats cannot do?

2. What does Catherine hear when the midwife is delivering her child?

3. What comparison does Catherine make between the suckling of a baby and her music?

4. What does Catherine remember one of her music teachers saying about lullabies?

5. What does Catherine remember happening between her and her parents and what does she do because of it during her postgraduate year in Glasgow?

6. What does Catherine want to tell her mother after giving birth to Anna?

7. What does Liz almost quiz Catherine about and why?

8. What does Catherine realize about the celebration of birth through music?

9. How does Catherine describe Dave's work and how does she feel about it?

10. What does Catherine's Granny say is terrible and what must it be worse than?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What influence do you think Anna has had on Catherine's life? Why do you think she has had this influence?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

In what way can Catherine be viewed as he prodigal daughter? Do you think this is an accurate description of her? Why or why not?

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