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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are some of the composers Jack practices in his lessons?
(a) Kopprasch, Guiness and Kling.
(b) Kopprasch, Gauche and Kline.
(c) Kopprasch, Gallette and Klien.
(d) Kopprasch, Gallay and Kling.

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

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

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

7. 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.

8. What does Jack conclude about his teacher?
(a) Yegudkin hates America and misses Russia.
(b) Yegudkin loves Russia and hates America.
(c) Yegudkin loves America and hates Russia.
(d) Yegudkin hates both America and Russia.

9. 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 gone."
(b) "They will wake up and find me dead."
(c) "They will wake up and find me married."
(d) "They will wake up and find I am famous."

10. Where do the Yegudkins go after leaving Russia?
(a) To India.
(b) To China.
(c) To Greece.
(d) To Europe.

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

12. 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) The beauty of the world.
(b) The stupidity of mankind.
(c) His love for America.
(d) The stupidity of musicians.

13. What does Yegudkin talk about while Jack is resting between pieces?
(a) The United States and Russia.
(b) His experience of leaving Russia.
(c) The United States and it's military power.
(d) His hatred of America.

14. What does Jack think about while preparing the cow for the milking machine later in evening after his lunch with Phoebe?
(a) His lack of friends.
(b) His father.
(c) His school work.
(d) His need to get away for awhile.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Phoebe doing during the homecoming?

2. What does Jack's aunt say to him while he is standing in the doorway?

3. When Jack reaches the street after his lesson, what does he do?

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

5. Where does Yegudkin give his lessons on Saturdays?

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