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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 remember will happen if the baby stops feeding?

2. Why do the nuns tell Catherine to walk around?

3. How many countries was Catherine's concert broadcast to?

4. Why is Catherine leaving Dave?

5. What does Liz say about Anna?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Catherine realize she is doing when she hears herself talking about how lovely her daughter is?

4. How does Catherine describe Dave's work and how does she feel about it?

5. How does Catherine relax while she is experiencing the labor pains?

6. What happens when Catherine and Cranny are sewing or making hot water for tea?

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

8. What comparison does Catherine make between the suckling of a baby and her music?

9. How are the people at Rotten Row and what does Catherine decide to do about it?

10. What does Catherine realize will happen the longer she lives without telling her parents about her child?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Where does Catherine go when she becomes overwhelmed by her parents' fighting? How does this relationship help Catherine?

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

In the first half of the novel, two worlds clash for Catherine. What are these two worlds? Why do you think they clash? Is this clash ever resolved? Why or why not?

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