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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Claude feel about Catherine?
(a) He cruelly teases her.
(b) He ignores her.
(c) He thinks of her as his best friend.
(d) He is love struck.

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

4. What is the result of Claude's performance when he fills in for the pianist?
(a) The audience praises him, but he thinks he can do better.
(b) He receives a lukewarm response from the audience.
(c) It is a failure.
(d) It is a success.

5. Who arranges for Claude to practice on a grand piano in the home of a famous retired maestro?
(a) Al Johnson.
(b) Claude's mother.
(c) Mr. Weisfeld.
(d) Claude's father.

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

7. Where is the music festival held at which Mr. Fredericks wants Claude to play?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Maine.
(d) Vermont.

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

9. How old is Claude when he begins to go to the movies?
(a) 12-years-old.
(b) 10-years-old.
(c) 9-years-old.
(d) 11-years-old.

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

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

12. Why does Claude begin to go to the movies?
(a) To hear the music played with the movie.
(b) His friends convince him to go.
(c) As a diversion.
(d) He likes a girl who works there.

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

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

15. Where is Emma taken for questioning about her suspected communist activities?
(a) West Point, NY.
(b) Williamsburg, VA.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) Albany, NY.

Short Answer Questions

1. What school accessory does Claude find under his seat at the movies?

2. What movie particularly interests Claude because of its story line, which he relates to his life?

3. After Peter shows Claude the room, what does Claude question Peter about?

4. When Claude arrives at the music store one afternoon, who is Mr. Fredericks talking with about asking Claude to play at a music festival?

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

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