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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the graduate student react to his teacher's horn playing?
(a) He sits, hands in the air, stunned.
(b) He sits, legs folded, and waits.
(c) He sits, hands on his knees, in a daze.
(d) He sits, arms crossed, dismayed.

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

4. What bus does Jack take to his music lessons?
(a) The Greenbus.
(b) The Express.
(c) The Bluebue.
(d) The Newark Express.

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

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

7. What does Jack's aunt say to him while he is standing in the doorway?
(a) "Jackie, come in. Everything is fine now."
(b) "Jackie, come in. Your father is ill."
(c) "Jackie, come in. It's all over. You dad's come home."
(d) "Jackie, come in. Your fatehr is glad to see you."

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

9. How does the narrator describe Yegudkin's playing the French horn?
(a) As if angels had entered the room.
(b) As if a thousand brass bands were playing.
(c) As if an unskilled musician had played the horn.
(d) As if a creature from some other universe had appeared in the room.

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

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

12. When Jack opens the living room door, what is his father doing in the living room?
(a) Laughing with his brothers.
(b) Talking to Phoebe.
(c) Asking about the farm.
(d) Crying in his wife's lap.

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

14. What is in the shallow drawer of Yegudkin's desk in his office?
(a) Letters from family in Russia.
(b) Tools for repairing horns.
(c) Mouthpieces for horns.
(d) Reeds for instruments.

15. What does Jack use each night to take off his boots?
(a) He just slides out of them.
(b) A crowbar.
(c) A bootjack.
(d) His hands.

Short Answer Questions

1. When do Yegudkin and his wife leave Russia?

2. How does Dale react to being home?

3. On what day are Jack's music lessons?

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

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

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