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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 does Claude do with the school accessory he finds under his seat at the movies?
(a) Throws it away.
(b) Keeps it for himself.
(c) Returns it to its owner.
(d) Sells it.

2. Why does Claude need to fill in for a pianist who is supposed to perform at the music festival?
(a) The pianist leaves for a family emergency.
(b) The pianist gets stage fright.
(c) The pianist breaks three fingers in a fight.
(d) The pianist gets the flu.

3. What is the Schoenberg twelve-tone system?
(a) A metronome.
(b) A method of music composition.
(c) An emergency alert system.
(d) A new type of piano.

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

5. Why does Claude dress in a suit and tie for his first session accompanying Peter Fisk at the Fisk home?
(a) Claude knows Mr. Fisk is an influential politician.
(b) Claude wants to impress Catherine.
(c) Mrs. Fisk instructed Claude to dress formally.
(d) An important musician will be observing the session.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Fisk housekeeper give Claude the item while he waits for Catherine to go to the dance?

2. What is Mr. Larkin's position at a college named Cadbury?

3. What used to be in the room that Peter Fisk shows Claude while he waits to go to the dance with Catherine?

4. Why does Mr. Weisfeld react the way he does when Claude wakes him in the middle of the night?

5. When does Claude receive a telegram that Mr. Weisfeld cannot attend Claude's debut performance at the music festival?

Short Essay Questions

1. Regarding the music store, how does Claude show his love for Mr. Weisfeld after Mr. Weisfeld's death?

2. What is the importance of the seats Emma and Claude's real father choose to sit in and watch his performance, even though they have not been in contact for many years?

3. Aside from music lessons and accessories, what does Claude acquire from Mr. Weisfeld's music store?

4. Why is Claude's intimate encounter with Eva, a violinist at the music festival, important to Claude, especially in terms of Catherine Fisk?

5. How has it benefited Claude that he didn't know who his real father was and the conditions under which he was conceived?

6. Why is Claude's friendship with Ivan Andrews an important relationship?

7. What is the parallel between the story line of the movie Claude sees called A Place in the Sun and Claude's life?

8. What turning point in Claude's musical career results from his successful performance with Mr. Fredericks at the music festival?

9. Summarize the pivotal events which occur in Claude's life from the time Mr. Fredericks asks Claude to play at a music festival with him to the time he meets Mr. Larkin, who is on a college scholarship committee.

10. How has Mrs. Powers changed regarding her feelings toward Claude?

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