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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What college had Valentine attended?
(a) Medgar Evers.
(b) Yale.
(c) Fordham.
(d) Harvard.

2. In what year does Percival stop joining family for Thanksgiving?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1982.

3. What camp had the narrator attended?
(a) Texlake.
(b) Bluebonnet Shores.
(c) Anawanna.
(d) Pamunkey.

4. What is on the baseball cap Jeremy loans Nell?
(a) Jeopardy!.
(b) Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
(c) Wheel of Fortune.
(d) The Price is Right.

5. What composer’s work are Tommy and his wife set to hear as “The Bootlegger” begins?
(a) Bach.
(b) Beethoven.
(c) Brahms.
(d) Berlioz.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Jeremy note having eagerly read?

2. Where did Ellie Houghton have her engagement party?

3. What violinist do Tommy and his wife see at Carnegie Hall?

4. What instrument performs the first concert Tommy attends at Carnegie Hall?

5. Where had Bobby Daniels worked?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Fein record concerts at Carnegie Hall?

2. What traits does Tommy possess that are helpful professionally but unhelpful personally?

3. How does the DiDomenico fragment come to be?

4. What are the initial partitions of the DiDomenico painting into fragments?

5. How does Tommy react to the arrival of Fein at the beginning of “The Bootlegger”?

6. What, per Nell, was at the root of Peggy’s fear about John?

7. Why does the narrator agree to go to Carnegie Hall with Tommy?

8. In what does Percival situate the origin of his family’s fortunes?

9. Why does Nell initially laugh off Peggy’s suspicions?

10. Why does Percival assert that admission to the Metropolitan Museum is for a “recommended” fee?

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