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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 react to the physical signs of stress as he prepares for the music festival?
(a) He ignores them.
(b) He slows his practice schedule.
(c) He stops playing.
(d) He goes to the doctor.

2. 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) Allow him to conduct the university orchestra.
(d) Get an off-campus apartment for his mother.

3. Why does the Fisk housekeeper give Claude the item while he waits for Catherine to go to the dance?
(a) As a sign of friendship.
(b) As a warning.
(c) For good luck.
(d) To help him relax.

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

5. In addition to Peter Fisk, whom does Claude accompany at a dinner party for a large group of influential people in the Fisk home?
(a) Mrs. Fisk.
(b) Mr. Fisk.
(c) Ivan Andrews.
(d) Catherine.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who is the composer of the Double Concerto that Mr. Fredericks wants Claude to play at the music festival?

3. Where is Emma taken for questioning about her suspected communist activities?

4. After Peter shows Claude the room, what does Claude question Peter about?

5. How does Claude feel about Catherine?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the experience with the FBI affect Emma?

3. What does Catherine Fisk's response to Claude's question about why she invited him to the Bentley School mixer tell us about her?

4. What gifts and benefits in Claude's life does Mr. Fredericks urge Claude to appreciate?

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

6. Aside from music lessons and accessories, what does Claude acquire from Mr. Weisfeld's music store?

7. What turning point in Claude's musical career results from his successful performance with Mr. Fredericks at the music festival?

8. Compare the effect Claude's piano playing has on him with the effect Emma's letter-writing on the typewriter has on her.

9. How does Claude demonstrate drive and fortitude in his preparation to play with Mr. Fredericks at the music festival?

10. Why is driving a cab an unusual choice of work for Emma, Claude's mother?

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