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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yedugkin wear to work every day?
(a) Spats, a long black overcoat, and a black fedora.
(b) Spats, a long grey overcoat, and a black beret.
(c) A long grey overcoat, a black suit, and a black beret.
(d) A long balck overcoat, a grey suit, and a grey fedora.

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

3. 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) His love for America.
(c) The stupidity of musicians.
(d) The stupidity of mankind.

4. How does Yegudkin react to the question Jack asks him when Yegudkin has finished playing?
(a) He laughs loudly and his eyes widen.
(b) He laughs loudly and nudges Jack in the side.
(c) He laughs loudly and turns to the graduate student.
(d) He laughs loudly and says "no."

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. A few nights after his lunch with Phoebe, what does Jack notice when he comes into the kitchen after work one evening?

3. What does Jack notice about his father since his return home?

4. What is an "Alexander?"

5. What makes Jack turn his head and look up while he is thinking and preparing the cows for milking in the barn?

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