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This test consists of 5 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 does not love his dead brother.
(b) If he does not say grace, he will go to Hell.
(c) If he does not say grace, he will be cursed.
(d) If he does not say grace, there might be no heaven.

2. What does Jack notice about his father since his return home?
(a) HIs eyes not longer sparkle, and he does not have a actor's style.
(b) His eyes no longer work as well as they used to.
(c) He does not like to talk to people anymore.
(d) He has lost his sense of humor.

3. Who takes Yegudkin and his wife away from their home?
(a) The Bolsheviks.
(b) The Polish National Army.
(c) The Nazis.
(d) The Army of the United States.

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

5. What kinds of things does Yegudkin play on the horn?
(a) Scales, etudes and whole notes.
(b) Scales, notes and etudes.
(c) Chords, notes and etudes.
(d) Scales, runs, and chords.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Yegudkin's playing the French horn?

2. How does Yegudkin's wife survive their ordeal?

3. Who is on the sidewalk with Jack as he leaves his lesson to go home?

4. Where do the Yegudkins live in America?

5. When Jack reaches the street after his lesson, what does he do?

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