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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which train of the car does Thea ride with Ray?
(a) Just a random car.
(b) The dining car.
(c) The caboose.
(d) The engine.

2. What does Thea perform at the concert?
(a) "Orpheus."
(b) "Mary Had a Little Lamb."
(c) "Seasons."
(d) "Ballade."

3. What kind of student of Harsanyi's is Thea?
(a) One of his worst.
(b) Thea never officially was his student.
(c) One of his best.
(d) Just okay.

4. What music does Thea play and sing with the Harsanyi children?
(a) The music Wunsch taught her.
(b) Music she learned in Germany.
(c) Music she wrote herself.
(d) Music Anna taught her.

5. What treat does Dr. Archie bring to Thea as she recovers from her illness as a child?
(a) An apple.
(b) A cookie.
(c) Grapes.
(d) A Tootsie Pop.

6. How does Spanish Johnny often return from his adventures?
(a) Thrilled and excited.
(b) Poor, but healthy.
(c) Rich and famous.
(d) Exhausted and sick.

7. Why are Thea's older brothers afraid of her return to Moonstone after she has been in Chicago?
(a) They are afraid she will be more bossy than before.
(b) They are afraid of her new boyfriend.
(c) They are afraid she will be snobby.
(d) They are afraid she will make them study piano again.

8. What does Thea contemplate on her first trip back to Moonstone?
(a) How much she'll miss her apartment.
(b) Her new boyfriend.
(c) Her decision to switch to voice.
(d) How nice Kennedy was.

9. Who is Aunt Tillie?
(a) The woman who runs the local bakeshop.
(b) Thea's unmarried aunt.
(c) A woman who Thea's family adopts.
(d) The nurse who takes care of all the children in town.

10. How does Mrs. Kronborg resolve the argument about music on Sundays between her two daughters?
(a) She makes both of them cook dinner for everyone.
(b) She doesn't take sides and assigns Anna a section of the Bible to read.
(c) She makes both clean the other's room.
(d) She sends both to their room with no dinner.

11. What request of Thea does Anna make immediately upon her initial return to Moonstone?
(a) That she clean her room.
(b) That she sing at a funeral.
(c) That she pay money for rent and food.
(d) That she not go into her room.

12. What does Tillie think about Thea?
(a) That she will someday be great.
(b) That she is spoiled.
(c) That she is beautiful, but dumb.
(d) That she is guilty of a crime.

13. Why does Archie give Wunsch a sedative upon bringing him home after discovering him wrapped in a blanket?
(a) To prevent him from becoming violent.
(b) To prevent him from vomiting.
(c) To keep him calm until the police arrive.
(d) To prevent him from remembering the embarrassing things he did.

14. With whom do Thea and Ray ride the train car?
(a) Archie.
(b) Thea's mother.
(c) Spanish Johnny.
(d) Thea's father.

15. How does Thea view her first few days in Chicago?
(a) Depressing.
(b) Exhausting.
(c) Exhilarating.
(d) Maddening.

Short Answer Questions

1. What wish of Thea's mom does Thea grant the morning after she returns from Chicago?

2. What is The Cup?

3. What language does Wunsch tell Thea she must learn if she is to sing well?

4. What does Larson offer Thea after he hears her sing?

5. What does Archie predict will happen with Wunsch when he meets Thea while out late one night?

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