The Children of Willesden Lane, chapter 19 TEST

What symptom LINGERED from Lisa's bout with Bronchitis?

• ashthma

• fever

• a cough

What was the request that Johnny made of Lisa during her audition?

• that he accompany her

• that she think of him while she played the Chopin piece

• that she play Back instea

What was the condition (request) that Lisa made of Johnny before her audition?

• that he get better

• that he give her another poem

  Tell me, what does God hear?

  I have despaired of prayers with words

  All of my prayers are your music

• that he send in his poems to a publishing house

Lisa was almost useless at work bc she kept worrying about what?

• how little money she had compared to the other kids from the finest families in England

• what would happen to the men/soldiers who wore the uniforms she knitted all day

• that she didn't even have a decent dress to wear

What surprised Lisa most about Aaron's letter to her?

• how positive & loving its tone was

• that they had released him!

• that they had extended his sentence (time there)

Who accompanied Lisa to the audition?

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What made Lisa "feel most apart" from the other kids at the audition?

• her blue dress

• their intense competitiveness

• their talent level

• how confident they were compared to her

• that THEY were all accompanied by THEIR parents

What place in line was Lisa given for her audition?

• first

• sixth

• second

• last

What did Lisa think about during her performance of Beethoven's Piano Sonata in C Minor, Opus Thirteen, Number Eight (The Pathetique)?

• The Jewish Sabbath (Shabbat)

• how Chopin was crying for the loss of his native Poland

• about Aaron

What did Lisa think about during her performance of Chopin's Ballade in G Minor, Opus Twenty-three, Number One?

• About Han's loss of sight

• About Johnny's legs

• about how Lisa's mother had told her that in this ballade, Chopin was crying about the loss of his native Poland--at having to flee war & destruction, never to return.

• About Mrs. McRae's husband