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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 Liz do to try and reassure Catherine about her performance?

2. Why does Catherine think Janet is making small talk with Catherine?

3. What letter does Catherine remember her mother telling her was missing from the sign of Malone Place?

4. What keeps Catherine off balance and is affecting her work?

5. What does Catherine think she should write a manual about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Catherine remember happening between her and her parents and what does she do because of it during her postgraduate year in Glasgow?

2. What does Catherine hear when the midwife is delivering her child?

3. 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?

4. What does Catherine think about when she can't get to sleep for a long time?

5. What excuse does Dave give to Catherine for not coming to see her and Anna in the hospital?

6. What does Catherine tell Liz was the reason for her phone call?

7. What does Catherine want to tell her mother after giving birth to Anna?

8. Why does Catherine decide she shouldn't pray to God?

9. How does Catherine feel the day she leaves the hospital?

10. What is Catherine given as a reward for passing her qualifying exam?

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 Catherine see Ireland through the eyes of a child? In what ways does she see Ireland as if for the first time?

Essay Topic 3

In what ways is Catherine isolated? Does she isolate herself? Why or why not?

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