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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Catherine ring the bell to get in her house?
(a) She doesn't want to wake Anna.
(b) She can't get to her key.
(c) She can't think straight.
(d) She lost her key.

3. What does Catherine wonder how to tell her mother?
(a) About Anna.
(b) About her depression.
(c) About her new job.
(d) About her memories of her father.

4. Why can't Miss Bingham play the piano anymore?
(a) Her coughing constantly interrupts her.
(b) Her piano was repossessed.
(c) She cannot see the music anymore.
(d) Her arthritis is so bad.

5. Where is Catherine's home now?
(a) Edinburgh.
(b) Glasgow.
(c) London.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Anna?

2. How long ago did Catherine have a child?

3. What do Catherine and Geraldine have in common?

4. Who is Catherine's favorite composer?

5. What kind of depression does Catherine confess to her mother she has?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Catherine play for her mother and how did her mother react?

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

3. What question did Huang Xiao Gang ask Catherine and what does she remember him discussing about sound?

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

5. How did Catherine feel about the drums and how did they make her feel?

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

7. When did the salt shaker at Catherine's home get a crease in it?

8. What do Catherine and her mother see at the grave site when they go to visit?

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

10. What does Catherine think had been improving until this situation and what did her doctor tell her about it?

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