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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jack take his French horn lessons?

2. In what orchestra does Yegudkin play before he comes to New York?

3. What does Jack to do avoid family togetherness since his father's return?

4. How does the graduate student react to his teacher's horn playing?

5. What poems does Jack's father recite in public now that he has returned home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Based on the various pieces of information and historical references, approximately when does this story take place? Justify your answer.

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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