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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Catherine leaving Dave?
(a) Because he keeps hitting her.
(b) Because she doesn't love him.
(c) Because she found out Anna is not his.
(d) Because she wants to start a new part of her life.

2. Who called Catherine to say congratulations?
(a) Tina.
(b) Her father.
(c) Dave.
(d) Her mother.

3. What will Catherine get to join if she finishes Vernicle?
(a) Church of Scotland.
(b) College faculty.
(c) Performing Rights Society.
(d) European Broadcasting Union.

4. Why doesn't Dave come to the hospital?
(a) He has no way to get to the hospital.
(b) He prefers to work.
(c) He doesn't care about his child.
(d) He is angry with Catherine.

5. Why does Catherine look at the nun's face as she is checking the baby's vital signs?
(a) To make sure she will be nice.
(b) To see if she recognizes her.
(c) To see if everything is all right.
(d) To make sure she understands what is happening.

6. Why does Catherine sound drunk?
(a) She is having a stroke.
(b) The nurse gave her pain medication for her contractions.
(c) She used alcohol to try and reduce the amount of pain she was in.
(d) She is in so much pain from her contractions.

7. How does Catherine believe her father will react to the news he will soon be a grandfather?
(a) Go into a black rage.
(b) Damn her to hell.
(c) Welcome her back into her home.
(d) Pray for her soul.

8. Why was Liz shocked that Catherine had a child?
(a) She thought she was moving back home.
(b) She knows it will impede her music career.
(c) She didn't know she was married.
(d) She had never noticed she was pregnant.

9. Which of the following words best describes how Catherine feels about the baby and everything involving her on the island?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Surprised.
(c) Excited.
(d) Detached.

10. How much money does Catherine say she will get for the composition she is working on called Vernicle?
(a) $20.
(b) $200.
(c) $2,000.
(d) $20,000.

11. Why does Catherine think Janet is making small talk with Catherine?
(a) To keep her mind occupied.
(b) To learn about her history.
(c) To find out why no one is there with her.
(d) To help her keep an open mind.

12. Who visits Catherine and brings her flowers?
(a) Mother.
(b) Liz.
(c) Dave.
(d) Father.

13. What does Catherine now understand about her mother?
(a) Why she would tell her the stories she did.
(b) How strong her mother was.
(c) How isolated she felt when she gave birth.
(d) How much pain she was in.

14. Which of the following terms best describes how Catherine feels about the night her students play the mass she is working on?
(a) Astonishing.
(b) Appeasing.
(c) Surprising.
(d) Magical.

15. Where does Ingrid say she had seen Dave earlier that day?
(a) At a restaurant.
(b) At the pub.
(c) At the airport.
(d) At the dock.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Catherine describe her the song?

2. What does Catherine find to be a repetition she wants to escape?

3. What does Catherine indicate she hears as her daughter is born?

4. What do the breathing strategies the nurse wants Catherine to use during labor remind her of?

5. What does putting pieces of music together remind Catherine of?

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