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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Catherine confide in before she leaves to elope?
(a) Her mother.
(b) No one.
(c) Peter Fisk.
(d) Claude's mother.

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

3. What is the status of Emma's job when she returns to New York City after being questioned about communist activities?
(a) Her hours have been drastically cut.
(b) Her cab driver's license has been suspended.
(c) Her cab has been impounded by the police.
(d) She has been fired.

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

5. Where is the home of the maestro who allows Claude to practice on his grand piano?
(a) In the apartment building where Al Johnson is the maintenance man.
(b) In the apartment building next to Claude's.
(c) In Claude's own apartment building.
(d) Above Mr. Weisfeld's music store.

6. What is Claude's initial reaction when he discovers his mother and Al Johnson have developed a more intimate relationship?
(a) He is overjoyed.
(b) He is surprised.
(c) He feels betrayed.
(d) He is angry.

7. 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.

8. How does Claude make sure that the orchestra at the music festival knows what Mr. Fredericks wants?
(a) Claude arrives early and speaks to the orchestra.
(b) Claude speaks to each orchestra member individually while Mr. Fredericks warms up.
(c) Claude conducts the orchestra himself.
(d) Claude writes out instructions and sends them ahead to the conductor.

9. What kind of student is Claude in school?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Struggling.
(c) Bright.
(d) Average.

10. Why does Claude choose to keep a quiet demeanor in school?
(a) He is embarrassed about his poverty.
(b) He struggles to keep up with the class.
(c) He doesn't want anyone asking about his father.
(d) He is afraid of being punished by his mother.

11. Why does Claude want to attend a regular university instead of a musical conservatory?
(a) All of his friends will be attending regular universities.
(b) There are no musical conservatories close enough to his home so he can care for his mother.
(c) He wants a well-rounded education.
(d) A regular university is less expensive than a musical conservatory.

12. Where does the driver drop off Claude after the dance?
(a) At Mr. Fredericks' home.
(b) At the corner, away from his apartment.
(c) In front of his building.
(d) At Mr. Weisfeld's music store.

13. What is currently in the room shown to Claude by Peter Fisk?
(a) War paraphernalia.
(b) Electric trains.
(c) Exotic plants.
(d) A grand piano.

14. When Emma stops going to work, what does Al Johnson do at Claude's request?
(a) Speaks to Emma about her problems.
(b) Loans Emma money.
(c) Gets Emma a new job.
(d) Marries Emma.

15. Where does Mr. Fredericks live?
(a) In a mansion on the Hudson River.
(b) In a beach house in the Hamptons.
(c) In an expensive townhouse in Brooklyn.
(d) In a penthouse in Manhattan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Claude discover an old piano?

2. Why does Claude rush from the basement of Mr. Weisfeld's music store to Mr. Weisfeld's apartment upstairs in the middle of the night?

3. Why does Claude begin to go to the movies?

4. Where does Claude sit in relation to the other children in the children's section of the movie theater?

5. What happens to the letter Claude sends to Catherine?

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