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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 feel about his father now that Dale has been gone for three weeks?

2. What does Yegudkin talk about while Jack is resting between pieces?

3. Now that his father is home, what does Jack tell himself at night when he is alone?

4. What does Jack have tucked under his arms as he starts for home?

5. How does Jack feel when his aunt speaks to him in the living room?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The narrator compares Jack working out his feeling while he works on the farm to acting on a stage. What is Jack's stage? What is his performance? Who is his audience?

Essay Topic 2

Jack and Dale both struggle with both the question of the existence of God and the existence of good and evil after David's death. Discuss both character's different approaches to the struggle with these two topics.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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