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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. Why does Catherine hate winter?
2. What term did Catherine ask her mother about that her mother ignored and pretended not to hear?
3. Which of the following statements is true about Part 2 of this novel?
4. How does Catherine describes Dave's action of not showing up to pick her up from the airport after having Anna?
5. What does Catherine give to the nurses to say thank you?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Catherine working on that she remembered learning from her Granny Boyd.
2. What does Catherine remember happening between her and her parents and what does she do because of it during her postgraduate year in Glasgow?
3. What does Catherine tell Liz was the reason for her phone call?
4. How does Catherine's father react to the news that she won't be coming home for Christmas and how does Catherine react to him?
5. What does Catherine realize she is doing when she hears herself talking about how lovely her daughter is?
6. What happens when Catherine and Cranny are sewing or making hot water for tea?
7. What does Catherine realize about the celebration of birth through music?
8. How does Catherine describe Dave's work and how does she feel about it?
9. Who takes Catherine to the ambulance and what does he tell her about the hospital?
10. What excuse does Dave give to Catherine for not coming to see her and Anna in the hospital?
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
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 3
In what ways does Catherine see Ireland through the eyes of a child? In what ways does she see Ireland as if for the first time?
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