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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Emma, what happens to Claude's father?
(a) Emma doesn't know what happened to Claude's father.
(b) Emma doesn't know who Claude's father is.
(c) Claude's father died.
(d) Claude's father went to the war.

2. How old is Claude Rawlings at the beginning of the novel?
(a) 6-years-old.
(b) 7-years-old.
(c) 9-years-old.
(d) 8-years-old.

3. When does Claude receive a telegram that Mr. Weisfeld cannot attend Claude's debut performance at the music festival?
(a) During the intermission of his performance.
(b) The day before the performance.
(c) Hours before his performance.
(d) Just as he is to walk onstage.

4. What adjective could be used to describe Claude's life before he goes to school?
(a) Dangerous.
(b) Uncertain.
(c) Repetitious.
(d) Exciting.

5. Why does Claude begin to go to the movies?
(a) To hear the music played with the movie.
(b) He likes a girl who works there.
(c) His friends convince him to go.
(d) As a diversion.

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

7. What item does the Fisk housekeeper give to Claude when he arrives to go to the dance with Catherine?
(a) A shiny pebble.
(b) A small wooden cross.
(c) A gold chain.
(d) A string of wooden beads.

8. How does Claude feel when he receives an invitation from Catherine Fisk to the Bentley School mixer?
(a) Suspicious.
(b) Surprised.
(c) Proud.
(d) Indifferent.

9. What does Mr.Weisfeld want to ask Emma when he visits Claude after not seeing him for a week?
(a) He wants to ask if Emma will work for him giving piano lessons.
(b) He wants to ask if Claude can live with him and his wife.
(c) He wants to ask if he can give Claude advanced piano lessons.
(d) He wants to ask if Emma can drive Claude to a professional studio.

10. What kind of student is Claude in school?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Struggling.
(c) Average.
(d) Bright.

11. After Emma is released from government surveillance, what does she send to official agencies?
(a) Letters of complaint.
(b) Job applications.
(c) Letters with the names of communist sympathizers.
(d) Evidence that proves her innocence.

12. Why does Claude choose to keep a quiet demeanor in school?
(a) He is afraid of being punished by his mother.
(b) He doesn't want anyone asking about his father.
(c) He is embarrassed about his poverty.
(d) He struggles to keep up with the class.

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

14. What organization suspects Emma of communist activities?
(a) CIA.
(b) FAA.
(c) FBI.
(d) CPA.

15. Why does Mrs. Fisk buy an instrument for Catherine in the music store?
(a) She hopes Catherine will like it.
(b) Catherine has been begging her mother for an instrument.
(c) Mrs. Fisk ordered Catherine to learn how to play.
(d) Catherine is tired of playing the piano.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective describes the opinion of Claude's music instructors at the Bentley School regarding Claude's talent?

2. What type of person is Catherine, Mrs. Fisk's daughter?

3. How old is Claude when he begins to go to the movies?

4. How does Mr. Weisfeld react when Claude rushes from the basement of the music store and wakes Mr. Weisfeld in his apartment in the middle of the night?

5. What is currently in the room shown to Claude by Peter Fisk?

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