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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ben tell Albert when they meet many years after graduation?
(a) Albert was always patient.
(b) Albert was always kind.
(c) Albert was always a prick.
(d) Albert was always angry.

2. What does Albert think Sasha does more than anyone else he knows?
(a) Laugh.
(b) Dance.
(c) Cry.
(d) Yell.

3. What does Happy find in a drawer in the old man's room that he steals?
(a) Ritalin.
(b) Good paper.
(c) Money.
(d) Morphine.

4. Where are the final rounds of the competition Albert spends years preparing for?
(a) Fort Worth.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Columbia.
(d) Seattle.

5. What gift does So-hyun's father bring to her from Korea that puzzles her?
(a) A jump rope.
(b) A ring.
(c) A jade turtle.
(d) A phone.

6. Who waits at the building for So-hyun's mother while she does her work?
(a) So-hyun's aunt.
(b) Ji-ho.
(c) So-hyun.
(d) So-hyun's uncle.

7. What does Happy think his supervisor and his mother have in common?
(a) They are both a little corny.
(b) They are both nurses.
(c) They are both very strong.
(d) They are both Korean women.

8. What happens to Ji-ho in the end of the story that enrages So-hyun's mother?
(a) He gets arrested.
(b) He gets suspended from school.
(c) He steals food from their aunt's refrigerator.
(d) He is responsible for getting a classmate pregnant.

9. How do Sasha and Albert know each other?
(a) They are cousins.
(b) They are best friends.
(c) They were neighbors.
(d) They were once music students together in college.

10. What work does So-hyun's aunt suggest that her mother do for pay?
(a) Cleaning So-hyun's uncle's office.
(b) Babysitting for one of the aunt's friend's.
(c) Teaching in a school.
(d) Cooking at a hotel.

11. What is a term of affection that Korean men sometimes use for their wives and that So-hyun's father calls their mother?
(a) Geong-ji.
(b) Ja-gi-ya.
(c) Roni.
(d) Kitae.

12. What does Alisa play for Albert?
(a) The Moonlight Sonata.
(b) Rachmaninoff's Third.
(c) Hot Cross Buns.
(d) The Silberson Movement.

13. What does Sasha tell Albert about her daughter Alisa and piano?
(a) She is truly gifted.
(b) She is not very talented.
(c) She is technically talented but needs work on expression.
(d) She has been told Alisa is a genius but she wants Albert's opinion.

14. Who is Albert's ex-wife?
(a) Helen Mira.
(b) Jennifer Jones.
(c) Jessica Hendricks.
(d) Karen Frick.

15. What does So-hyun's aunt bring back from her trip to Korea?
(a) Wigs.
(b) Jewelry.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Lots of food and gifts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Albert after his divorce?

2. What does Albert realize Alisa does very well?

3. What does So-hyun's uncle do for a living?

4. What does Mo-sae sometimes do at church?

5. What does Albert notice on Sasha's hands that makes him realize she does not play any longer?

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