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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the look in Yegudkin's eyes as he handles the Alexander?
(a) Madness, anger, or resentment.
(b) Madness, lust, or gluttony.
(c) Madness, joy, or confusion.
(d) Madness, excitement, or greed.

2. What is the foundation note for the horn Yegudkin is playing?
(a) The lowest note of the horn, D.
(b) The lowest note of the horn, F.
(c) The highest note of the horn, B.
(d) The highest note of the horn, E.

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

4. What does his family think about Jack's means of coping with his emotions?
(a) They think he is being mean to his father.
(b) They believe there is nothing they can do about his isolation.
(c) They think he is not a good horn player.
(d) They know he will grow out of it.

5. What does the person in the barn say to him while he is working with the cows?
(a) "Need any help, Jackie?"
(b) "You all right there, Jackie?"
(c) "Can you look at this for me, Jack?"
(d) "What time is it, Jackie?"

6. Where does Yegudkin's wife sit while he teaches?
(a) In a rocking chair in his office.
(b) On the bench outside the library.
(c) In a rocking chair in the library.
(d) On the bench outside his door.

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

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

9. What position does Jack play in the orchestra?
(a) Third chair French horn.
(b) Fourth chair French horn.
(c) First chair French horn.
(d) Second chair French horn.

10. What does Jack realize when he is doing his chores the night after lunch with Phoebe?
(a) If he does not say grace, he will be cursed.
(b) If he does not say grace, he does not love his dead brother.
(c) If he does not say grace, he will go to Hell.
(d) If he does not say grace, there might be no heaven.

11. After leaving Russia, what does Yegudkin do in his new country?
(a) He finds a factory job in a city.
(b) He plays French horn to great praise by the critics.
(c) He stays home and cares for his wife.
(d) He studies with a French historian.

12. Since his return home, what about Dale's public readings does Jack disdain?
(a) He dislikes the way his father creates fake accents when reading.
(b) He thinks his father is faking just to get attention.
(c) He believes his father is being dishonest with people.
(d) He scorns the poems and the way his father speaks to the listeners.

13. With whom does Jack take his horn lessons?
(a) Arcady Yelliniski.
(b) Andrew Yegudski.
(c) Arcomb Yegadsky.
(d) Arcady Yegudkin.

14. After his return, what does Dale Hawthorne do while he recites in public?
(a) He curses the gods.
(b) He gesticulates.
(c) He cries and speaks carefully.
(d) He avoids the eyes of his listeners.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Yegudkin react to the question Jack asks him when Yegudkin has finished playing?

2. Who does Jack see sitting with his father when he opens the living room door?

3. How does Jack react to his father's exposing his family's writings?

4. What does Yegudkin say to Jack at the end of their lesson?

5. How does Yegudkin's wife survive their ordeal?

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