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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Yegudkin react to the question Jack asks him when Yegudkin has finished playing?

2. On what day are Jack's music lessons?

3. What kinds of things does Yegudkin play on the horn?

4. What does Yegudkin look like?

5. What does Yegudkin do while Jack is playing the horn at his lesson?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As Yegudkin plays the horn, Jack is carried away by the man's skill and art. Describe the scene, and discuss the images used to describe Yegudkin's playing.

Essay Topic 2

Who are Dale and Betty Hawthorne? What are they like before the accident and after? How does the death of their son affect them?

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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