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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 Albert remember Sasha playing during their last master class?
(a) The Moonlight Sonata.
(b) Beethoven's Second.
(c) Rachmaninoff's Third.
(d) Mozart's First.

2. What work does Mo-sae's son-in-law do?
(a) Law.
(b) Landscaping.
(c) Accounting.
(d) Medicine.

3. What does So-hyun call her brother Ji-ho in the end of the story?
(a) A genius.
(b) A failure.
(c) A good friend.
(d) An idiot.

4. What does Sasha tell Albert about her daughter Alisa and piano?
(a) She has been told Alisa is a genius but she wants Albert's opinion.
(b) She is not very talented.
(c) She is technically talented but needs work on expression.
(d) She is truly gifted.

5. Where did one sister of Young-ja's move to?
(a) England.
(b) Russia.
(c) Spain.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who waits at the building for So-hyun's mother while she does her work?

2. How long has it been since Sasha and Albert have seen each other when they come into contact again?

3. What is a material that is a part of some pianos' inner-workings that surprises Albert when he finds out about it?

4. Why are So-hyun's aunt and Susie the only ones in the family who go back to Korea for a time?

5. What does Ji-ho call his mother at the end of the story "Skinship"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the relationship between Ji-ho and So-hyun's mother like?

2. Why does So-hyun's mother not travel back to Korea for her own mother's funeral?

3. What does So-hyun immediately dislike about the way her aunt and uncle in America treat her mother?

4. How does Mo-sae handle things when Young-ja does not come home for hours one day, because she is very ill?

5. What seems to be the turning point in So-hyun's famliy at the end of the story "Skinship"?

6. In the story "Skinship," why does So-hyun's family leave Korea?

7. What extremes does Albert go through to prepare for the Van Cliburn competition?

8. What does Albert think is the greatness of the Moonlight Sonata?

9. What incident does So-hyun recall with great clarity happening between her parents just before leaving Korea?

10. In the story "Solo Works for Piano," why is it awkward when Sasha calls Albert after so long?

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