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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III ("Solo Works for Piano" - "Skinship," Pages 111 - 168).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Albert realize Alisa does very well?
(a) Read music.
(b) Hear pitches.
(c) Improvise.
(d) Move her hands quickly over the keyboard.

2. What does Jae do every Sunday?
(a) Go to church.
(b) Sort the week's takings from the shop.
(c) Clean the yard.
(d) Cook dinner.

3. What does Sae-ri ask Matthew if he did with his teeth when he lost them in Korea?
(a) Sell them to the tooth-buyer.
(b) Throw them on the roof for the blackbird to get them.
(c) Put them under his pillow.
(d) Bury them in the yard.

4. What does Albert remember Sasha playing during their last master class?
(a) The Moonlight Sonata.
(b) Beethoven's Second.
(c) Rachmaninoff's Third.
(d) Mozart's First.

5. How does Ji-won's family change over the course of the story?
(a) Her mother dies.
(b) Her parents get divorced.
(c) Her grandmother comes to live with them.
(d) A new baby brother is born.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does So-hyun stay with her mother and brother to get away from her father in Korea sometimes?

2. What piece was Albert's student playing when Sasha had called him for the first time in years?

3. What animals does Sae-ri see at the Last Chance Ranch that she briefly wonders if only she can see?

4. What does Zorkin tell Sasha as advice during her last performance during the master class?

5. What is Albert's last name?

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