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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Powers tell Claude about Claude's future plans?
(a) He will help in any way he can.
(b) He has a bright future ahead of him.
(c) He is not impressed.
(d) He wants him to stay away from Lady.

2. Why does Mr. Weisfeld visit Claude in his dressing room before the second concert?
(a) To tell Claude that Frescobaldi is considering him as his permanent accompanist.
(b) To calm Claude's nerves.
(c) To give Claude a good luck charm.
(d) To tell Claude he will not be able to watch the performance.

3. Who helps Claude fight the city government when it wants to tear down the building housing the music store?
(a) Mr. Larkin.
(b) Mr. Fredericks.
(c) Mr. Powers.
(d) Senator Barnes.

4. What is the result of the situation which causes Claude distress at the first concert venue?
(a) No one notices but he and Frescobaldi.
(b) Claude and Lady apologize to each other.
(c) The concert master of the Philadelphia Orchestra loans Frescobaldi his instrument.
(d) A skeleton crew manages the stage without incident.

5. How do Claude and Lady relax before dinner?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Going for a walk.
(c) Riding horses.
(d) Playing tennis.

6. What instrument does Frescobaldi play?
(a) Cello.
(b) Violin.
(c) Viola.
(d) Piano.

7. Who meets Claude at the train station when he goes to spend the weekend at the Powers'?
(a) The Powers' chauffeur.
(b) Senator Barnes.
(c) Lady.
(d) Mr. and Mrs. Powers.

8. Who assures Claude in a telegram of attending Claude's concert?
(a) Lady.
(b) Aldo Frescobaldi.
(c) Ivan Andrews.
(d) Mr. Fredericks.

9. How does Lady react when Claude tells her they cannot have children?
(a) She is humiliated.
(b) She is sympathetic.
(c) She is relieved.
(d) She is devastated.

10. How is Senator Barnes related to Lady?
(a) He is her uncle.
(b) He is her grandfather.
(c) He is her stepbrother.
(d) He is her stepfather.

11. How does Lord Lightning feel about keeping quiet that he is Claude's father?
(a) Uncertain.
(b) Angry.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Ashamed.

12. Where does Claude first meet Reggie Phillips?
(a) At a recording studio.
(b) In a jazz club.
(c) At the concert hall.
(d) At Claude's hotel.

13. Where does Claude stay while he visits the Powers' home?
(a) Guest cottage.
(b) With a friend of Lady.
(c) Hotel.
(d) A suite in the Powers' home.

14. To what flower does Mr. Powers refer when he is discussing Claude's future plans with him?
(a) Rose.
(b) Peony.
(c) Pansy.
(d) Daisy.

15. Where do Claude and Frescobaldi go after lunch?
(a) Shopping for Claude's formal wear.
(b) Carnegie Hall.
(c) Mr. Weisfeld's music store.
(d) To visit a musician friend of Frescobaldi.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Claude receives an invitation to spend a weekend with the Powers', how does Mr. Weisfeld help him?

2. What does Mr. Powers discover about Claude's father when he hires a private investigator to look into Claude's past?

3. Why is Catherine in London?

4. Who abuses Catherine when she is a child?

5. When Lady informs Claude that she has signed their divorce papers, what does Claude wish for Lady?

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