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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kinds of things does Yegudkin play on the horn?
(a) Scales, notes and etudes.
(b) Scales, etudes and whole notes.
(c) Scales, runs, and chords.
(d) Chords, notes and etudes.

2. How do Phoebe and Jack's mother react to Dale's return?
(a) They are laughing and happy.
(b) The are screaming at him for being gone.
(c) They are quiet and listening to Dale's stories.
(d) They are crying and hugging him.

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

4. What does Yedugkin wear to work every day?
(a) A long grey overcoat, a black suit, and a black beret.
(b) A long balck overcoat, a grey suit, and a grey fedora.
(c) Spats, a long black overcoat, and a black fedora.
(d) Spats, a long grey overcoat, and a black beret.

5. How does Dale react to being home?
(a) He talks to his brothers about redemption.
(b) He works, prays and drinks.
(c) He smokes, paces and rides his motorcycle.
(d) He spends his time isolated and quiet.

6. What are the names of Jack's aunt and uncle who are in the house for Dale's homecoming?
(a) Ruth and David.
(b) Ruth and Walt.
(c) Anne and Walt.
(d) Ruth and Ben.

7. To whom is Yegudkin giving the Alexander?
(a) To himself.
(b) To one of his graduate students.
(c) To Jack.
(d) To a new horn player.

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

9. What is one thing Dale does after being home a month?
(a) He begins to come home drunk
(b) He begins writing love poems.
(c) He begins reciting again poetry at the Grange.
(d) He takes over the grocery shopping.

10. What does Jack notice about his father since his return home?
(a) He has lost his sense of humor.
(b) He does not like to talk to people anymore.
(c) His eyes no longer work as well as they used to.
(d) HIs eyes not longer sparkle, and he does not have a actor's style.

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

12. Now that his father is home, what does Jack tell himself at night when he is alone?
(a) "They will wake up and find me married."
(b) "They will wake up and find me gone."
(c) "They will wake up and find I am famous."
(d) "They will wake up and find me dead."

13. What does Yegudkin tell Jack of Russia and its power?
(a) He describes the difference between communism and democracy.
(b) He describes the display of weaponry, Russian cunning, and Napoleon.
(c) He describes Kiev, Russian cities, and Russian politics.
(d) He describes Russian tanks, Siberia, and Czar Nicholi.

14. In their lesson after he has played the horn for Jack, what does Yegudkin not speak of that he normally does in Jack's lessons?
(a) His love for America.
(b) The beauty of the world.
(c) The stupidity of mankind.
(d) The stupidity of musicians.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are some of the composers Jack practices in his lessons?

2. What does the person in the barn say to him while he is working with the cows?

3. What question does Jack ask Yegudkin after hearing him play?

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

5. How does Jack speak when he talks to his father at his homecoming?

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