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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jack react to the answer Yegudkin gives him after playing the horn for his student?

2. What bus does Jack take to his music lessons?

3. What does Yegudkin say as he hands the horn to his student?

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

5. With whom does Jack take his horn lessons?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

On the farm, Jack has two primary responsibilities: tending to the cows in the mornings and working the fields. Compare and contrast these two jobs in relation to how Jack responds to each one.

Essay Topic 2

How is Jack's experience with death and loss similar to that of Yegudkin? How is it different?

Essay Topic 3

As he is working on the tractor after his brother's death, Jack sees the field he is plowing and sees "stones lay everywhere, yellowed in the sunlight, a field of misshapen skulls." Discuss this image.

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