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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Ellsworth rely on to choose protegees?
(a) Solely recommendations.
(b) A rating system she invented.
(c) Her practical sense.
(d) Intuition.

2. How does Oceola feel about Mrs. Ellsworth's offer?
(a) Reluctant.
(b) Grateful.
(c) Enthusiastic.
(d) Angry.

3. Why does Mrs. Ellsworth want to provide specific things for Oceola?
(a) Simply to make Oceola happy.
(b) To make her life easier.
(c) So she can devote time only to her music.
(d) She wants her to be her friend.

4. Why is Mrs. Ellsworth disgruntled about Oceola's boarder?
(a) Because he is not good to Oceola.
(b) Because he is black.
(c) Because he does not pay rent.
(d) Because he is a bad person.

5. What happened after Oceola and her mother moved the second time after the death in their family?
(a) Oceola lost her jobs.
(b) Her mother lost her job.
(c) Oceola became sick.
(d) Her mother died.

6. How does Mrs. Ellsworth receive the news of Oceola keeping a boarder?
(a) With surprise.
(b) With anger.
(c) With understanding.
(d) With a neutral reaction.

7. How does Mrs. Ellsworth feel about her decision concerning Oceola?
(a) She feels she made the wrong decision.
(b) She is unsure.
(c) She is wary.
(d) She is confident.

8. Which two characters are introduced first?
(a) Oceola and Mrs. Ellsworth.
(b) Mr. Hunter and Mrs.Ellsworth.
(c) Oceola and Mr. Hunter.
(d) Oceola and Pete.

9. What is the ethnicity of the person Oceola receives piano lessons from?
(a) German.
(b) French.
(c) English.
(d) Spanish.

10. Who gave Oceola her first lessons in playing piano?
(a) Her mother.
(b) An elderly woman.
(c) Mrs. Ellsworth.
(d) Mr. Hunter.

11. Who did Oceola receive piano lessons from as she grew up?
(a) An elderly man.
(b) Mr. Hunter.
(c) An elderly woman.
(d) Mrs. Ellsworth.

12. What activity does Mrs. Ellsworth disapprove of most that Oceola did?
(a) All of the choices listed.
(b) Played for a church choir.
(c) Taught piano.
(d) Played for dances and house parties.

13. What service does Mrs. Ellsworth insist on providing for Oceola?
(a) Providing a teacher for Oceola.
(b) Providing an instrument other than the piano for Oceola to play.
(c) Revoking her offer to Oceola.
(d) Having her move into her house.

14. What kind of questions does Mrs. Ellsworth ask Oceola?
(a) Questions about her occupation only.
(b) Very personal questions.
(c) Questions about her music only.
(d) Very professional questions.

15. How does Oceola feel about art for art's sake?
(a) She hates art.
(b) It is genuine.
(c) It is exactly how she feels about art.
(d) It doesn't survive in her world.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the person who recommends Oceola meet her?

2. What else does Mrs. Ellsworth insist on doing for Oceola?

3. Why does Oceola receive Mrs. Ellsworth's help in the way that she does?

4. What instrument(s) did Oceola's mother play?

5. What does Oceola's boarder do with his money?

(see the answer keys)

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