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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Larson believe Thea can also pick up some extra money?
(a) Singing radio jingles.
(b) Singing for the mayor.
(c) Singing at funerals.
(d) Giving voice lessons to his daughters.

2. What happens to Wunsch's piano students after his drunken incident?
(a) They all leave.
(b) They stop misbehaving.
(c) They tease him mercilessly.
(d) He gets a lot more of them.

3. Who carries Wunsch home after he is found sitting, wrapped in a blanket?
(a) Spanish Johnny and some other men.
(b) Archie alone.
(c) The Kohlers.
(d) Thea.

4. What does Harsanyi think of Thea's musical talent?
(a) That she is indeed talented.
(b) That it is overrated.
(c) That she has none whatsoever.
(d) That it is underrated.

5. What weapon does Wunsch have when he is found drunk in the garden?
(a) A machete.
(b) An axe.
(c) A gun.
(d) A lawnmower.

6. Why does Anna think Thea should not practice secular music on Sundays?
(a) Because it is improper.
(b) Because she never practices it on any other day.
(c) Because she has to listen to music at church all day anyway.
(d) Because she needs to give her fingers a break.

7. How does Spanish Johnny escape Wunsch's attack?
(a) He crashes through the door.
(b) He crawls up the chimney.
(c) He slips out the window.
(d) He steals a car to get away.

8. Why does Archie invite Thor to visit Spanish Johnny?
(a) Because they are brothers.
(b) Because Spanish Johnny is Thor's favorite author.
(c) Archie doesn't invite Thor to visit Spanish Johnny.
(d) Because Thor speaks Spanish.

9. Who is Dr. Howard Archie?
(a) A doctor who isn't really a doctor, but likes to be addressed as one.
(b) A doctor who visits once a year.
(c) The town professor.
(d) The town doctor.

10. In what month do Archie and Thea bump into each other in the middle of the night?
(a) November.
(b) March.
(c) December.
(d) July.

11. Why is Mrs. Harsanyi disappointed that Thea will no longer be her husband's student?
(a) Because she paid a lot of money for the lessons.
(b) Because she hoped Harsanyi would find fame through her.
(c) Because she enjoyed listening to her play.
(d) Because she was hoping to adopt her.

12. How much life insurance money does Ray leave for Thea?
(a) Six hundred dollars.
(b) Sixty thousand dollars.
(c) Sixty dollars.
(d) Six thousand dollars.

13. How does Ray die?
(a) He is murdered by an unknown assailant.
(b) He is hit by a train and killed.
(c) He kills himself because Thea won't marry him.
(d) He drowns.

14. What is The Cup?
(a) A dance club.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) The name of the city bus.
(d) A bar.

15. What is Thea's last name?
(a) Kronstein.
(b) Weinstein.
(c) Kronborg.
(d) Rosenberg.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what kind of holiday concert does Thea perform?

2. Who bids Wunsch goodbye as he leaves town?

3. What does Thea's mother say about the girl whose funeral is happening when Thea returns?

4. What does Ray Kennedy hope to do one day?

5. How does Thea view her first few days in Chicago?

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