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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 Alisa play for Albert?
(a) Rachmaninoff's Third.
(b) The Silberson Movement.
(c) Hot Cross Buns.
(d) The Moonlight Sonata.
2. What does So-hyun's mother use to beat Ji-ho with?
(a) A spoon.
(b) A tennis racket.
(c) A rock.
(d) A vase.
3. What does Sasha tell Albert about her daughter Alisa and piano?
(a) She is technically talented but needs work on expression.
(b) She is truly gifted.
(c) She has been told Alisa is a genius but she wants Albert's opinion.
(d) She is not very talented.
4. How do many of Young-ja's friends and neighbors find out about Mo-sae's illness?
(a) He leaves the stove on and starts a fire.
(b) He can not count his change at the store.
(c) He acts strangely during a choir performance at church.
(d) He wanders out half-clothed in winter one day.
5. What does Albert notice on Sasha's hands that makes him realize she does not play any longer?
(a) Nail polish.
(b) Rashes.
(c) A missing finger.
(d) Rings.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the neighbor Young-ja keeps running into?
2. How much does So-hyun's aunt write a check for her for at the end of each month for her work?
3. What happened to Joe Torres after he and Albert graduated from music school?
4. What does Happy wear to his work experience every day?
5. What is a material that is a part of some pianos' inner-workings that surprises Albert when he finds out about it?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "Skinship," where do So-hyun and her family stay at first in America?
2. How do Albert's classmates remember him?
3. What does Albert remember about Sasha from when they were students together?
4. In Korea, where does So-hyun's mother and brother go with her when her father's actions become unbearable?
5. In the story "Solo Works for Piano," why is it awkward when Sasha calls Albert after so long?
6. Why does Sasha think Albert might be just the right teacher for Alisa?
7. What incident does So-hyun recall with great clarity happening between her parents just before leaving Korea?
8. What does Albert think is the greatness of the Moonlight Sonata?
9. What disappoints Albert about how his life has turned out?
10. What seems to be the turning point in So-hyun's famliy at the end of the story "Skinship"?
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