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

2. Who invites Claude to a piano performance at Carnegie Hall?
(a) Mrs. Fisk.
(b) Victor Wolff.
(c) Mr. Weisfeld.
(d) Mr. Fredericks.

3. 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?
(a) Mr. Weisfeld thinks Claude may be ill.
(b) Mr. Weisfeld thinks Claude is going to give up.
(c) Mr. Weisfeld thinks Claude needs adult supervision.
(d) Mr. Weisfeld thinks Claude is gifted.

4. 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) Ivan Andrews.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Mrs. Fisk.
(d) Mr. Fisk.

5. What is Claude's goal when he plays with Mr. Fredericks at the music festival?
(a) To play perfectly.
(b) To play better than Mr. Fredericks.
(c) To overcome his stage fright.
(d) To impress the talent managers in the audience.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Claude do in the basement of Mr. Weisfeld's music store?

2. 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?

3. How does Claude react to the physical signs of stress as he prepares for the music festival?

4. On the ride home from the dance, what does Claude ask Catherine?

5. While Claude's mother is at work and Claude is on his own, how does he make spending money?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the reason for Claude's choice when he decides between staying in London with Catherine or returning to America to work?

2. Compare Claude's experience on Christmas at the Powers' with his experience the same day at the Fisk's.

3. When Claude learns about Mr. Weisfeld's life before he came to the United States, why does Claude feel guilty and irritated with himself?

4. Regarding the music store, how does Claude show his love for Mr. Weisfeld after Mr. Weisfeld's death?

5. While Lady and Claude live in the townhome in Manhattan, what do we learn about Lady from her jobs and activities, and her attitude toward Claude after Mr. Weisfeld dies?

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

7. What do we learn about Emma from her involvement with the secret customers she transports in the middle of the night?

8. Although Catherine's life is radically different from her life as a child, how does she view her life as it is now?

9. What evidence is there that Claude does not relate well to children, especially regarding the movies and Catherine Marsh?

10. What do we learn about Mr. Powers when he has Claude's past investigated?

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