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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jack bring with him each night when he returns from milking the cows?
(a) Eggs.
(b) A pail of milk.
(c) His heavy coat.
(d) A carton of apples.

2. What does Jack realize he is doing as he gets close to his father?
(a) He is looking at Phoebe.
(b) He is staggering to the couch.
(c) He is crying like his father.
(d) He is smiling at his mother.

3. What does Yegudkin say as he hands the horn to his student?
(a) "Good horn."
(b) "Good luck."
(c) "Good sound."
(d) "Good instrument."

4. What does Yegudkin look like?
(a) He is tall and thin with a silver moustache.
(b) He is small and frail with a moustache.
(c) He is muscular with black hair and a moustache.
(d) He is short and stocky with a red moustache.

5. What does Mrs. Hawthorne do as she talks about Jack's horn playing?
(a) Frowns and asks for guidance.
(b) Smiles and clasps her hands together.
(c) Smiles but stomps her feet.
(d) Frowns and tells him to stop practicing.

6. What does Jack's mother say about his horn playing?
(a) "If it makes him happy, it makes me happy."
(b) "Maybe he will be a famous musician."
(c) "That horn's his whole world."
(d) "That boy is headed for trouble."

7. How does Jack react to his father's exposing his family's writings?
(a) Jack stands up and leaves.
(b) Jack gets very angry and yells at his father.
(c) Jack gets very angry, but does not speak.
(d) Jack applauds loudly.

8. What does Jack's father do when he sees his son standing in the doorway?
(a) Bursts into tears.
(b) Smiles broadly.
(c) Puts his glasses on.
(d) Turns away embarrassed.

9. Where does Jack take his French horn lessons?
(a) New York University.
(b) The New School.
(c) The Eastman School of Music.
(d) The Julliard School.

10. What does Jack say to his father while he stands in the living room door?
(a) He says "Love you, dad."
(b) He says, "Welcome home."
(c) He says "Why have you come home?"
(d) He says simply "Hi, dad."

11. Where and when does Jack refuse to play his horn?
(a) In the neighborhood or in the school band on holidays.
(b) At church or at home for guests.
(c) At church or on street corners after dinner.
(d) In his home for his friends.

12. How does Jack feel when his aunt speaks to him in the living room?
(a) His eyes were wide open and he was screaming.
(b) His knees were weak and his heart was pounding.
(c) His hands were shaking and he was laughing.
(d) His back hurt and he tries to sit down.

13. Where do the Yegudkins live in America?
(a) Rochester, Minnesota
(b) Rochester, New York
(c) Rochester, Indiana
(d) Rochester, New Jersey

14. Who is on the sidewalk with Jack as he leaves his lesson to go home?
(a) Dazed, smiling shoppers.
(b) Smiling, excited shoppers.
(c) Smiling, happy shoppers.
(d) Dazed, irritable shoppers.

15. What happens when the Yegudkins are on their way to Siberia?
(a) They are shot and left for dead.
(b) They are returned to Kerensky.
(c) They are picked up by soldiers and brought to Kiev.
(d) They are put in work camps.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes Yegudkin and his wife away from their home?

2. What is the foundation note for the horn Yegudkin is playing?

3. What is an "Alexander?"

4. What bus does Jack take to his music lessons?

5. What does Jack to do avoid family togetherness since his father's return?

(see the answer keys)

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