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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Claude arrives at the music store one afternoon, who is Mr. Fredericks talking with about asking Claude to play at a music festival?
(a) Mr. Weisfeld.
(b) Ivan Andrews.
(c) Al Johnson.
(d) Claude's mother.

2. What movie particularly interests Claude because of its story line, which he relates to his life?
(a) A Place in the Sun.
(b) Island in the Sun.
(c) A Raisin in the Sun.
(d) A Summer Place.

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

4. What is Claude's physique as a young boy?
(a) Scrawny.
(b) Well-proportioned.
(c) Overweight.
(d) Deformed as a result of a birth defect.

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

6. 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?
(a) Claude has finally mastered a difficult piece of music.
(b) Someone is trying to break in.
(c) There is a fire in the basement.
(d) Claude wants to share his new composition.

7. Who invites Claude to a piano performance at Carnegie Hall?
(a) Mr. Weisfeld.
(b) Mrs. Fisk.
(c) Mr. Fredericks.
(d) Victor Wolff.

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

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

10. Regarding Claude's father, what does Emma ask Claude not to do?
(a) Send letters to him.
(b) Ask about him.
(c) Look for him.
(d) Tell anyone about him.

11. How does Claude feel when he receives an invitation from Catherine Fisk to the Bentley School mixer?
(a) Suspicious.
(b) Surprised.
(c) Proud.
(d) Indifferent.

12. What adjective describes the opinion of Claude's music instructors at the Bentley School regarding Claude's talent?
(a) Unimpressed.
(b) Disappointed.
(c) Ecstatic.
(d) Awestruck.

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

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

15. Why does Claude need to fill in for a pianist who is supposed to perform at the music festival?
(a) The pianist leaves for a family emergency.
(b) The pianist breaks three fingers in a fight.
(c) The pianist gets the flu.
(d) The pianist gets stage fright.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What instrument does Peter Fisk play?

3. What business arrangement does Claude enter into with Al Johnson, a maintenance man?

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

5. How old is Claude Rawlings at the beginning of the novel?

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