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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While Claude's mother is at work and Claude is on his own, how does he make spending money?
(a) He helps out in Mr. Weisfeld's store.
(b) He begs on the street corner.
(c) He finds coins that were dropped.
(d) He does odd jobs for elderly ladies in his apartment building.

2. How does Claude get from New York state to the state in which the music festival is held?
(a) He drives himself.
(b) Bus.
(c) His mother drives him in her taxi.
(d) Train.

3. What does Mr.Weisfeld want to ask Emma when he visits Claude after not seeing him for a week?
(a) He wants to ask if Emma can drive Claude to a professional studio.
(b) He wants to ask if he can give Claude advanced piano lessons.
(c) He wants to ask if Claude can live with him and his wife.
(d) He wants to ask if Emma will work for him giving piano lessons.

4. What instrument does Peter Fisk play?
(a) Violin.
(b) Piano.
(c) Flute.
(d) Cello.

5. After Emma is released from government surveillance, what does she send to official agencies?
(a) Letters of complaint.
(b) Job applications.
(c) Letters with the names of communist sympathizers.
(d) Evidence that proves her innocence.

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

7. What school accessory does Claude find under his seat at the movies?
(a) A pencil case.
(b) A textbook.
(c) A notebook.
(d) A gym uniform.

8. What does Claude's mother do when she comes home from her job of driving a taxi?
(a) Reads to Claude.
(b) Gives piano lessons.
(c) Cleans.
(d) Drinks beer.

9. Why can't Claude keep the Bechstein piano left to him by the maestro in his apartment?
(a) It doesn't fit through the apartment door.
(b) There is no way to get it down the steps to the apartment.
(c) The apartment is too small.
(d) The neighbors complain about the noise.

10. Why does Emma return to New York City during the questioning process about her suspected communist activities?
(a) She is tired of being questioned.
(b) Her boss calls and tells her he needs her to come back to work.
(c) Claude becomes ill.
(d) She receives permission to leave.

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

12. What business arrangement does Claude enter into with Al Johnson, a maintenance man?
(a) Claude helps Al with custodial work.
(b) They sell cleaning supplies.
(c) They split the money from collecting soda bottles in the garbage.
(d) Claude plays the piano while Al plays the saxophone on a street corner.

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

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

15. How does Catherine feel about Claude when he comes to accompany Peter?
(a) She thinks of him as her best friend.
(b) She aggressively pursues him.
(c) She has a secret crush on him.
(d) She looks down on him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Emma stops going to work, what does Al Johnson do at Claude's request?

3. What organization suspects Emma of communist activities?

4. Why does Mrs. Fisk buy an instrument for Catherine in the music store?

5. Why does the Fisk housekeeper give Claude the item while he waits for Catherine to go to the dance?

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