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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Jack say as he is united with his father?
(a) "I hate you."
(b) "Welcome home."
(c) "I love you."
(d) "I have missed you."

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

4. What question does Jack ask Yegudkin after hearing him play?
(a) "Have you always played that well?"
(b) "How did you learn to play runs that fast?"
(c) "Do you think I'll ever play like that?"
(d) "How did you memorize all of that?"

5. Since his father has returned home, what does Jack do late at night?
(a) He calls his old school friends on the phone.
(b) He takes his father's motorcycle and rides into town.
(c) He goes up to the haymow or the orchard and plays his horn.
(d) He dreams of joining the army.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an "Alexander?"

2. How does Jack feel about his father now that Dale has been gone for three weeks?

3. What does Jack do when he finally enters the living room?

4. What happens when the Yegudkins are on their way to Siberia?

5. When do Yegudkin and his wife leave Russia?

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