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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the result of Claude's performance when he fills in for the pianist?

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

3. What happens to the letter Claude sends to Catherine?

4. With whom does Claude spend a great deal of time at the festival when he is not practicing or performing?

5. Who is the composer of the Double Concerto that Mr. Fredericks wants Claude to play at the music festival?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do movies and music provide for Claude?

2. What disadvantage does Claude face as he enters high society?

3. What does Claude realize about Mr. Weisfeld's feelings for him only after Mr. Weisfeld dies?

4. What generalization can be made about the Fisk family's approach to fads or trends?

5. Why doesn't Claude understand why Mr. and Mrs. Powers treat him the way they do?

6. 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.

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

8. How do Mr. and Mrs. Powers treat Claude?

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

10. How does the time period during which the story begins explain Emma's job?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Several components of quality literature include: 1) use of descriptive words 2) use of analogies, metaphors, and similes, and other figurative language 3) an attention-grabbing beginning 4) details 5) appealing to the five senses. Is Body and Soul an example of quality literature? Why or why not? Give examples from the story using three of the five components of quality literature to explain your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Determine what you think is the primary theme of this book, and why. Be sure to use specific examples from the book as evidence to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

How are the author's writing style and point of view connected in Body and Soul? Give examples from the story to support your answer.

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