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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not one of the things that Huang told Catherine that all compositions must have?
(a) Body.
(b) Head.
(c) Tail.
(d) Brain.

2. Why does Catherine tell her mother she is working on a mass?
(a) Because of her depression.
(b) Because of the religious significance.
(c) Because of the structure and form of it.
(d) Because of her father's death.

3. What does Catherine's mother notice and ask her about when she wakes her up?
(a) Book about depression.
(b) Note from her father.
(c) Picture of the little girl.
(d) Pill bottles on the counter.

4. What does Catherine say to her mother when she sees her for the first time?
(a) She is angry she wasn't notified sooner.
(b) She asks what happened.
(c) She apologizes.
(d) She can't speak and only cries.

5. What happens when Catherine tries to play a piece that she hasn't finished writing for her favorite composer?
(a) He interrupts her.
(b) His wife faints and has to be taken away.
(c) His dog tries to mount her.
(d) He falls asleep in the chair.

6. What term does Catherine's father use to describe some of the actions taken by the Protestants?
(a) Dedicated.
(b) Excellent musicians.
(c) Bigots.
(d) Orangemen.

7. Who else in Catherine's family was depressed according to her mother?
(a) Father.
(b) Uncle.
(c) Brother.
(d) Sister.

8. How does Catherine's mother tell her that her relative was treated for depression?
(a) Therapy.
(b) Commitment.
(c) Electric shock therapy.
(d) Pills.

9. What does Catherine's mother make her to calm her down?
(a) Tea.
(b) A nice meal.
(c) Some fresh chips.
(d) Warm milk.

10. How long ago did Catherine have a child?
(a) One year.
(b) Two months.
(c) Three months.
(d) One week.

11. Why did Miss Bingham ride her bicycle?
(a) Because she didn't have a car.
(b) To keep her joints loose.
(c) She had lost her license.
(d) To get enough exercise.

12. What job did Catherine quit to write music?
(a) Director.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Traveling musician.
(d) Orchestra.

13. What do Catherine and Geraldine have in common?
(a) They both like to do hair.
(b) They both are single.
(c) They both live in a pub.
(d) They both lost their father.

14. What was Catherine's father disappointed to miss that he received many phone calls about?
(a) Her award winning performance.
(b) Her first recital.
(c) Her college graduation.
(d) Her performance on the radio.

15. How does Catherine feel about her desire to die?
(a) She feels selfish for that thought.
(b) She feels resigned to the idea.
(c) She feels incompetent.
(d) She feels in complete despair.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Catherine choose to conform when she is home?

2. What does Catherine think her father would have hated in the piece she played on the radio?

3. How does Catherine's favorite composer respond when she asks him about music and influences?

4. What does Catherine believe a composer does?

5. What name does Catherine's mother cry and repeat over and over?

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