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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. What does Catherine tell Miss Bingham she is working on?

2. Why does Catherine throw away the note she found?

3. Where did Miss Bingham often take Catherine?

4. Who is Catherine thinking about as she boards the plane?

5. What does Catherine wonder how to tell her mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the salt shaker get a crease in it?

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

3. What happened in Catherine's hometown according to the bus driver?

4. What did Catherine remember listening to as she rode on the bus through her hometown?

5. When Catherine and her mother go to pick up her father at the train station and he is drunk, how does Catherine feel?

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

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

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

9. What excuse does Catherine offer on the walk home when her mother asks what is wrong?

10. What does Catherine remember about her father?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Postpartum depression affect Catherine? Do you think Catherine may have been depressed before she had the baby? Why or why not?

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

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?

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