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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 - Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What class does Elise teach?
(a) Ear training.
(b) Sight reading.
(c) Intervallic notation.
(d) Contemporary improvisation.

2. Upon moving to Boston, what did Karina discover?
(a) Boston was the most beautiful city Karina had ever seen.
(b) There was no way for her to earn an income in Boston.
(c) Richard had lied about a teaching position.
(d) Boston has no jazz scene.

3. Richard hopes his ALS diagnosis is really what ailment?
(a) A pulled muscle.
(b) Arthritis.
(c) Tendinitis.
(d) Sclerosis.

4. Who is Grace?
(a) Karina's childhood friend.
(b) Richard's mother.
(c) Richard and Karina's neighbor.
(d) Richard and Karina's daughter.

5. With only one working hand, Richard can only play which piece?
(a) Wagner's Concerto for the Left Hand.
(b) Ravel’s Concerto for the Left Hand.
(c) Beethoven's Concerto for the Left Hand.
(d) Haydn's Concerto for the Left Hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Richard feel humiliated when Karina visits him in the third chapter?

2. When Karina visits Richard in the third chapter, what does she find him doing?

3. Before Karina leaves Richard in Chapter 9, he asks her to do what for him?

4. Which childhood friend changed Karina's thoughts about childhood?

5. As the audience applauds in the Prologue to the novel, how does Richard feel?

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