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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where and when does Jack refuse to play his horn?
(a) At church or at home for guests.
(b) In his home for his friends.
(c) At church or on street corners after dinner.
(d) In the neighborhood or in the school band on holidays.

2. What does Yegudkin do while Jack is playing the horn at his lesson?
(a) He hums along with the music.
(b) He points at the music and corrects Jack's playing.
(c) He sings and gestures.
(d) He sits quietly and listens.

3. With whom does Jack take his horn lessons?
(a) Arcady Yegudkin.
(b) Arcady Yelliniski.
(c) Arcomb Yegadsky.
(d) Andrew Yegudski.

4. When do Yegudkin and his wife leave Russia?
(a) At the time of the Revolution.
(b) After the Russians invaded China.
(c) During the Korean War.
(d) Before Czar Nikolai took over the country.

5. Who does Jack see sitting with his father when he opens the living room door?
(a) HIs sister his uncle, the neighbor and some field hands.
(b) His uncles, his mother, some field hands, and some friends.
(c) His mother, his aunt, the police, and his cousins.
(d) His mother, his sister, his uncle and his aunt, and two cousins.

6. When Jack reaches the street after his lesson, what does he do?
(a) Puts down his horn case and buys a hotdog from the vendor.
(b) Puts down his horn case and calls home.
(c) Puts down his horn case and lights a cigarette.
(d) Puts down his horn case and wipes away his tears.

7. What happens when the Yegudkins are on their way to Siberia?
(a) They are picked up by soldiers and brought to Kiev.
(b) They are shot and left for dead.
(c) They are put in work camps.
(d) They are returned to Kerensky.

8. What does Jack's father do when he sees his son standing in the doorway?
(a) Turns away embarrassed.
(b) Puts his glasses on.
(c) Smiles broadly.
(d) Bursts into tears.

9. Where does Yegudkin give his lessons on Saturdays?
(a) On the first floor of Seton Hall.
(b) On the first floor of Killburn Hall.
(c) On the second floor of Seton Hall.
(d) On the second floor of Killburn Hall.

10. To whom is Yegudkin giving the Alexander?
(a) To himself.
(b) To Jack.
(c) To a new horn player.
(d) To one of his graduate students.

11. How does Jack react to his father's exposing his family's writings?
(a) Jack gets very angry, but does not speak.
(b) Jack applauds loudly.
(c) Jack gets very angry and yells at his father.
(d) Jack stands up and leaves.

12. What does Yegudkin tell Jack of Russia and its power?
(a) He describes Russian tanks, Siberia, and Czar Nicholi.
(b) He describes the difference between communism and democracy.
(c) He describes the display of weaponry, Russian cunning, and Napoleon.
(d) He describes Kiev, Russian cities, and Russian politics.

13. How does Jack feel about his father now that Dale has been gone for three weeks?
(a) He is frightened and wants his father home.
(b) He does not understand what his father is doing.
(c) He is both hateful and envious.
(d) He does not want his father to come home until fall.

14. What does Yegudkin say to Jack at the end of their lesson?
(a) "Next month?"
(b) "Next lesson?"
(c) "Next Saturday?"
(d) "Next week?"

15. What is one thing Dale does after being home a month?
(a) He begins reciting again poetry at the Grange.
(b) He begins writing love poems.
(c) He takes over the grocery shopping.
(d) He begins to come home drunk

Short Answer Questions

1. What position does Jack play in the orchestra?

2. How does the narrator describe the look in Yegudkin's eyes as he handles the Alexander?

3. How does the graduate student react to his teacher's horn playing?

4. How does Jack speak when he talks to his father at his homecoming?

5. What does the person in the barn say to him while he is working with the cows?

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