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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 adjective describes the opinion of Claude's music instructors at the Bentley School regarding Claude's talent?
(a) Unimpressed.
(b) Disappointed.
(c) Ecstatic.
(d) Awestruck.

2. Who is the composer of the Double Concerto that Mr. Fredericks wants Claude to play at the music festival?
(a) Chopin.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Mr. Fredericks.
(d) Schoenberg.

3. On the ride home from the dance, what does Claude ask Catherine?
(a) If she will introduce him to a girl he saw at the dance.
(b) Why she asked him to the dance.
(c) Why she treats him so poorly.
(d) If she will be his girlfriend.

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

5. What school accessory does Claude find under his seat at the movies?
(a) A pencil case.
(b) A gym uniform.
(c) A textbook.
(d) A notebook.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Claude make sure that the orchestra at the music festival knows what Mr. Fredericks wants?

2. What is the status of Emma's job when she returns to New York City after being questioned about communist activities?

3. During what era does Body and Soul begin?

4. Where does Mr. Fredericks live?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. After Mr. Powers has Claude's past investigated, what information does Emma give Claude about his father?

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

5. How does Mr. Powers' investigation into Claude's past affect Claude?

6. How does the time period during which the story begins explain Emma's job?

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

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

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

10. What is the reader led to believe about Claude because Emma does not reveal any concrete information about Claude's father?

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