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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. With whom does Claude spend a great deal of time at the festival when he is not practicing or performing?
(a) Mr. Weisfeld.
(b) Eva, a violinist.
(c) Mr. Fredericks.
(d) The pianist whom he filled in for.

3. What is the relationship between Claude and Ivan Andrews?
(a) Good friends.
(b) Passing acquaintances.
(c) Enemies.
(d) Competitors.

4. What does Mr. Larkin promise to do for Claude in Part 2, Chapter 13?
(a) Enroll him in college with a full scholarship.
(b) Find a job for him on campus.
(c) Get an off-campus apartment for his mother.
(d) Allow him to conduct the university orchestra.

5. Why is the location of the apartment in which Claude lives with his mother important?
(a) Claude likes to read the expressions on the faces of the people who pass.
(b) Claude realizes people are always going somewhere as he watches them pass.
(c) Claude is afraid of heights.
(d) Claude can see most of the city from his apartment.

6. What organization suspects Emma of communist activities?
(a) FBI.
(b) CPA.
(c) CIA.
(d) FAA.

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

8. What is Claude's goal when he plays with Mr. Fredericks at the music festival?
(a) To overcome his stage fright.
(b) To impress the talent managers in the audience.
(c) To play perfectly.
(d) To play better than Mr. Fredericks.

9. After Peter shows Claude the room, what does Claude question Peter about?
(a) The maker of the piano.
(b) The gauge of the electric trains.
(c) Rare orchids.
(d) Gas chambers.

10. Where in the building is the apartment in which Claude lives with his mother?
(a) Top floor.
(b) Third floor.
(c) Basement.
(d) First floor.

11. What happens to the letter Claude sends to Catherine?
(a) It gets lost in the mail.
(b) Catherine tears it into little pieces.
(c) It is returned unopened.
(d) Mrs. Fisk throws it away.

12. What adjective could be used to describe Claude's life before he goes to school?
(a) Uncertain.
(b) Exciting.
(c) Repetitious.
(d) Dangerous.

13. Why does Claude dress in a suit and tie for his first session accompanying Peter Fisk at the Fisk home?
(a) Claude wants to impress Catherine.
(b) An important musician will be observing the session.
(c) Mrs. Fisk instructed Claude to dress formally.
(d) Claude knows Mr. Fisk is an influential politician.

14. Who do Claude and Emma discover belongs to the Communist Party?
(a) Al Johnson.
(b) Mr. Weisfeld.
(c) A secret customer.
(d) The neighbor with whom Claude occasionally stays.

15. 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 Claude can live with him and his wife.
(c) He wants to ask if Emma will work for him giving piano lessons.
(d) He wants to ask if he can give Claude advanced piano lessons.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Claude get from New York state to the state in which the music festival is held?

2. What happens when Emma receives occasional phone calls during the night?

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

4. What is Mr. Weisfeld's opinion about Claude when he returns to Mr. Weisfeld's music store two weeks after he sells the Claude the piano lessons book?

5. What used to be in the room that Peter Fisk shows Claude while he waits to go to the dance with Catherine?

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