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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jack react to his father's exposing his family's writings?
(a) Jack gets very angry and yells at his father.
(b) Jack stands up and leaves.
(c) Jack gets very angry, but does not speak.
(d) Jack applauds loudly.

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

3. 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 a creature from some other universe had appeared in the room.
(d) As if an unskilled musician had played the horn.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jack take his French horn lessons?

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

3. Where do the Yegudkins live in America?

4. How does Jack feel about his mother and sister's reactions to Dale's readings in public?

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

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