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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What does Dale say to Jack as he is standing at the door?
(a) "I have missed you."
(b) "Jackie."
(c) "Forgive me."
(d) "My son."

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

4. On what day are Jack's music lessons?
(a) Fridays.
(b) Tuesdays.
(c) Thursdays.
(d) Saturdays.

5. When do Yegudkin and his wife leave Russia?
(a) After the Russians invaded China.
(b) At the time of the Revolution.
(c) Before Czar Nikolai took over the country.
(d) During the Korean War.

6. What makes Jack turn his head and look up while he is thinking and preparing the cows for milking in the barn?
(a) His mother come to talk to him.
(b) HIs uncle speaks to him.
(c) His cousin asks him a question.
(d) One of the farmhands needs help.

7. What does Yegudkin do while Jack is playing the horn at his lesson?
(a) He sits quietly and listens.
(b) He sings and gestures.
(c) He hums along with the music.
(d) He points at the music and corrects Jack's playing.

8. A few nights after his lunch with Phoebe, what does Jack notice when he comes into the kitchen after work one evening?
(a) His sister is practicing her piano.
(b) His mother is asleep on the couch.
(c) The house is unusually quiet.
(d) All of the lights are on.

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

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

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

12. How does Jack react to the answer Yegudkin gives him after playing the horn for his student?
(a) He blinks and begins to sob.
(b) He blinks and smiles.
(c) He blinks and leaves the room.
(d) He blinks and his legs go weak.

13. 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 musicians.
(d) The stupidity of mankind.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Since his return home, what about Dale's public readings does Jack disdain?

2. What is one thing Dale does after being home a month?

3. Where do the Yegudkins go after leaving Russia?

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

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

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