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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

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

5. Who tells Claude that Catherine has eloped?
(a) Mrs. Fisk.
(b) Ivan Andrews.
(c) Peter Fisk.
(d) Catherine.

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

7. 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 writes out instructions and sends them ahead to the conductor.
(c) Claude conducts the orchestra himself.
(d) Claude speaks to each orchestra member individually while Mr. Fredericks warms up.

8. What is Mr. Larkin's position at a college named Cadbury?
(a) He is on the scholarship committee.
(b) He is in charge of recruiting.
(c) He is the head of the music department.
(d) He is the president.

9. What does Claude decide to do regarding the intimate relationship that has developed between his mother and Al Johnson?
(a) Ignore the relationship.
(b) Support Al and his mother.
(c) Leave home.
(d) Try to keep Al and his mother apart.

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

11. On the ride home from the dance, what does Claude ask Catherine?
(a) If she will introduce him to a girl he saw at the dance.
(b) Why she asked him to the dance.
(c) Why she treats him so poorly.
(d) If she will be his girlfriend.

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

13. Why does Mr. Weisfeld react the way he does when Claude wakes him in the middle of the night?
(a) He thinks he has been found by Nazis.
(b) He knows how hard Claude has worked.
(c) He knows he taught Claude better manners.
(d) The store is all Mr. Weisfeld has.

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

15. Why can't Mr. Weisfeld attend Claude's debut performance at the music festival?
(a) He has a family emergency.
(b) He falls and suffers a concussion.
(c) He has the flu.
(d) He is in a car accident.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Claude feel when he receives an invitation from Catherine Fisk to the Bentley School mixer?

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

4. In addition to the Bechstein piano, what else does the maestro include in his trust for Claude?

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

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