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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Claude feel when he learns that Mr. Weisfeld can't attend his debut performance?
(a) Suspicious.
(b) Disappointed.
(c) Furious.
(d) Relieved.

2. According to Emma, what happens to Claude's father?
(a) Emma doesn't know what happened to Claude's father.
(b) Emma doesn't know who Claude's father is.
(c) Claude's father died.
(d) Claude's father went to the war.

3. What is the result after Claude studies the Schoenberg twelve-tone system?
(a) Mr. Schoenberg asks Claude to use the new system to perform new compositions.
(b) Claude wants to drop out of school.
(c) Claude writes his own music.
(d) Claude is asked to help market the new device.

4. Who is the composer of the Double Concerto that Mr. Fredericks wants Claude to play at the music festival?
(a) Schoenberg.
(b) Chopin.
(c) Mr. Fredericks.
(d) Mozart.

5. What is Mr. Larkin's position at a college named Cadbury?
(a) He is on the scholarship committee.
(b) He is the head of the music department.
(c) He is the president.
(d) He is in charge of recruiting.

6. How old is Claude Rawlings at the beginning of the novel?
(a) 6-years-old.
(b) 7-years-old.
(c) 9-years-old.
(d) 8-years-old.

7. After Peter shows Claude the room, what does Claude question Peter about?
(a) Rare orchids.
(b) The gauge of the electric trains.
(c) Gas chambers.
(d) The maker of the piano.

8. How does Claude react to the physical signs of stress as he prepares for the music festival?
(a) He stops playing.
(b) He slows his practice schedule.
(c) He goes to the doctor.
(d) He ignores them.

9. What can't Emma give to the attorney of the maestro's estate?
(a) Claude's birth certificate.
(b) Her real name.
(c) The attorney fee.
(d) Claude's social security number.

10. How does Claude feel when he receives an invitation from Catherine Fisk to the Bentley School mixer?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Surprised.
(c) Proud.
(d) Suspicious.

11. Who keeps Claude company after his mother goes to bed when she comes home from work?
(a) Claude's father.
(b) A neighbor.
(c) No one.
(d) The building custodian.

12. What does Claude ask Catherine to do in a letter he sends her?
(a) To watch over his mother while he is at the music festival.
(b) To be his guest at the music festival.
(c) To play a duet with him at the music festival.
(d) To marry him.

13. How does Claude feel about sitting in the children's section of the movie theater?
(a) Annoyed.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Excited.

14. Why does Claude dress in a suit and tie for his first session accompanying Peter Fisk at the Fisk home?
(a) Claude wants to impress Catherine.
(b) Claude knows Mr. Fisk is an influential politician.
(c) An important musician will be observing the session.
(d) Mrs. Fisk instructed Claude to dress formally.

15. What adjective describes Claude's feelings when he learns that Catherine has eloped?
(a) Devastated.
(b) Overjoyed.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Indifferent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What famous person does Claude meet at the dinner party in the Fisk home?

2. What type of person is Catherine, Mrs. Fisk's daughter?

3. Why does Mr. Weisfeld react the way he does when Claude wakes him in the middle of the night?

4. What instrument does Mrs. Fisk buy for her daughter, Catherine, in Mr. Weisfeld's music store?

5. When does Claude receive a telegram that Mr. Weisfeld cannot attend Claude's debut performance at the music festival?

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