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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Claude feel when he learns that Mr. Weisfeld can't attend his debut performance?
(a) Suspicious.
(b) Furious.
(c) Disappointed.
(d) Relieved.

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

3. 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.

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

5. What item does the Fisk housekeeper give to Claude when he arrives to go to the dance with Catherine?
(a) A gold chain.
(b) A small wooden cross.
(c) A shiny pebble.
(d) A string of wooden beads.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Catherine treat Claude at the Bentley School dance?

2. What is Claude's physique as a young boy?

3. After his first performance at the music festival, how many times will Claude have played in front of an audience?

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

5. How does Claude feel about sitting in the children's section of the movie theater?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Claude's friendship with Ivan Andrews an important relationship?

2. What generalization can be made about the Fisk family's approach to fads or trends?

3. How does Mr. Powers react to Claude's choice of career?

4. What does Catherine Fisk tell Claude when he asks her why she invited him to the Bentley School mixer?

5. How has Catherine's attitude toward Claude changed from when they were children?

6. What does Claude realize about Mr. Weisfeld's feelings for him only after Mr. Weisfeld dies?

7. Why is Claude confused by Mr. Powers' reaction to Claude's choice of career?

8. When Mr. Weisfeld, Mr. Levits, Claude, and Emma meet in Mr. Larkin's office, what plans emerge regarding Claude's musical career?

9. Contrast Peter Fisk's feeling for music with Claude's feeling for music.

10. Why does Mr. Weisfeld panic when Claude awakens him at four o'clock in the morning to share his new composition?

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