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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During what era does Body and Soul begin?
(a) During the Jazz Age.
(b) During the Great Depression.
(c) Pre World War I.
(d) Post World War II.

2. What movie particularly interests Claude because of its story line, which he relates to his life?
(a) Island in the Sun.
(b) A Raisin in the Sun.
(c) A Summer Place.
(d) A Place in the Sun.

3. How does Claude make sure that the orchestra at the music festival knows what Mr. Fredericks wants?
(a) Claude speaks to each orchestra member individually while Mr. Fredericks warms up.
(b) Claude conducts the orchestra himself.
(c) Claude writes out instructions and sends them ahead to the conductor.
(d) Claude arrives early and speaks to the orchestra.

4. Where does Claude discover an old piano?
(a) Beneath the stairs leading to the first floor of his apartment building.
(b) In a storage room in his apartment building.
(c) In a room in his apartment.
(d) On the sidewalk in front of his apartment building.

5. Why is the location of the apartment in which Claude lives with his mother important?
(a) Claude can see most of the city from his apartment.
(b) Claude likes to read the expressions on the faces of the people who pass.
(c) Claude realizes people are always going somewhere as he watches them pass.
(d) Claude is afraid of heights.

6. What does Claude ask Catherine to do in a letter he sends her?
(a) To be his guest at the music festival.
(b) To watch over his mother while he is at the music festival.
(c) To marry him.
(d) To play a duet with him at the music festival.

7. After Peter shows Claude the room, what does Claude question Peter about?
(a) The maker of the piano.
(b) Gas chambers.
(c) Rare orchids.
(d) The gauge of the electric trains.

8. After Claude wakes Mr. Weisfeld during the night, what does he do for Mr. Weisfeld?
(a) Calms him.
(b) Plays his new composition.
(c) Puts out the fire.
(d) Chases away the intruders.

9. How does Claude feel about sitting in the children's section of the movie theater?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Annoyed.
(d) Excited.

10. On the ride home from the dance, what does Claude ask Catherine?
(a) If she will introduce him to a girl he saw at the dance.
(b) If she will be his girlfriend.
(c) Why she treats him so poorly.
(d) Why she asked him to the dance.

11. What used to be in the room that Peter Fisk shows Claude while he waits to go to the dance with Catherine?
(a) War paraphernalia.
(b) Exotic plants.
(c) Electric trains.
(d) A grand piano.

12. When Emma stops going to work, what does Al Johnson do at Claude's request?
(a) Marries Emma.
(b) Speaks to Emma about her problems.
(c) Gets Emma a new job.
(d) Loans Emma money.

13. How does Claude react to the physical signs of stress as he prepares for the music festival?
(a) He slows his practice schedule.
(b) He goes to the doctor.
(c) He stops playing.
(d) He ignores them.

14. What business arrangement does Claude enter into with Al Johnson, a maintenance man?
(a) They split the money from collecting soda bottles in the garbage.
(b) Claude helps Al with custodial work.
(c) Claude plays the piano while Al plays the saxophone on a street corner.
(d) They sell cleaning supplies.

15. Where does the driver drop off Claude after the dance?
(a) At the corner, away from his apartment.
(b) In front of his building.
(c) At Mr. Fredericks' home.
(d) At Mr. Weisfeld's music store.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Claude able to do now that he works in Mr. Weisfeld's music store?

2. Why does Claude dress in a suit and tie for his first session accompanying Peter Fisk at the Fisk home?

3. Who introduces Claude to Mr. Levits, a talent manager?

4. What adjective describes Claude's feelings when he learns that Catherine has eloped?

5. What is Claude's physique as a young boy?

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