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

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

3. When Claude arrives at the music store one afternoon, who is Mr. Fredericks talking with about asking Claude to play at a music festival?
(a) Ivan Andrews.
(b) Al Johnson.
(c) Claude's mother.
(d) Mr. Weisfeld.

4. After his first performance at the music festival, how many times will Claude have played in front of an audience?
(a) Two.
(b) Ten.
(c) One hundred.
(d) One.

5. What business arrangement does Claude enter into with Al Johnson, a maintenance man?
(a) Claude plays the piano while Al plays the saxophone on a street corner.
(b) Claude helps Al with custodial work.
(c) They sell cleaning supplies.
(d) They split the money from collecting soda bottles in the garbage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Claude and Emma discover belongs to the Communist Party?

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

3. 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?

4. Where in the building is the apartment in which Claude lives with his mother?

5. What does Mr.Weisfeld want to ask Emma when he visits Claude after not seeing him for a week?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what happens when Mr. Weisfeld comes to Claude's apartment after Claude misses a week of lessons.

2. Why doesn't Claude understand why Mr. and Mrs. Powers treat him the way they do?

3. How is the title reflected in Claude's experience of hearing the orchestra play his composition in London?

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

5. How is Lady's lack of drive and ambition a disadvantage in understanding Claude's life?

6. What do movies and music provide for Claude?

7. Why does Lady respond the way she does to Claude's single-minded focus on preparing for the concert with Aldo Frescobaldi?

8. What evidence shows the eccentric and flamboyant behavior of Aldo Frescobaldi, the violinist whom Claude accompanies?

9. What is the parallel between the story line of the movie Claude sees called A Place in the Sun and Claude's life?

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

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