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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Yegudkin when we meet him?
(a) Seventy.
(b) Sixty.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Seventy-five.

2. How does Yegudkin's wife survive their ordeal?
(a) She is terribly crippled from the gunshots.
(b) She is blinded by the wounds she received.
(c) She is hardly harmed by the soldiers.
(d) She is left behind and lives in a work camp.

3. What does the person in the barn say to him while he is working with the cows?
(a) "You all right there, Jackie?"
(b) "Can you look at this for me, Jack?"
(c) "Need any help, Jackie?"
(d) "What time is it, Jackie?"

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

5. How does the narrator describe the look in Yegudkin's eyes as he handles the Alexander?
(a) Madness, joy, or confusion.
(b) Madness, anger, or resentment.
(c) Madness, excitement, or greed.
(d) Madness, lust, or gluttony.

Short Answer Questions

1. Now that his father is home, what does Jack tell himself at night when he is alone?

2. Where do the Yegudkins go after leaving Russia?

3. What does Yegudkin say to Jack at the end of their lesson?

4. What does Yegudkin look like?

5. What does Mrs. Hawthorne do as she talks about Jack's horn playing?

(see the answer keys)

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