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

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

3. Where is the home of the maestro who allows Claude to practice on his grand piano?
(a) Above Mr. Weisfeld's music store.
(b) In Claude's own apartment building.
(c) In the apartment building next to Claude's.
(d) In the apartment building where Al Johnson is the maintenance man.

4. How does Claude get from New York state to the state in which the music festival is held?
(a) His mother drives him in her taxi.
(b) Bus.
(c) He drives himself.
(d) Train.

5. What organization suspects Emma of communist activities?
(a) CIA.
(b) CPA.
(c) FAA.
(d) FBI.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When does Claude receive a telegram that Mr. Weisfeld cannot attend Claude's debut performance at the music festival?

3. What is currently in the room shown to Claude by Peter Fisk?

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

5. What instrument does Mrs. Fisk buy for her daughter, Catherine, in Mr. Weisfeld's music store?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

4. How do Mr. and Mrs. Powers treat Claude?

5. Why does Mr. Weisfeld send Claude to various piano instructors?

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

7. Summarize the pivotal events which occur in Claude's life from the time Mr. Fredericks asks Claude to play at a music festival with him to the time he meets Mr. Larkin, who is on a college scholarship committee.

8. What do movies and music provide for Claude?

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

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

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