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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 9, 10, and 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Claude begin to go to the movies?
(a) His friends convince him to go.
(b) He likes a girl who works there.
(c) As a diversion.
(d) To hear the music played with the movie.

2. How does Mr. Weisfeld react when Claude rushes from the basement of the music store and wakes Mr. Weisfeld in his apartment in the middle of the night?
(a) Mr. Weisfeld is grateful.
(b) Mr. Weisfeld is elated.
(c) Mr. Weisfeld is furious.
(d) Mr. Weisfeld is terrified.

3. Why is the location of the apartment in which Claude lives with his mother important?
(a) Claude likes to read the expressions on the faces of the people who pass.
(b) Claude realizes people are always going somewhere as he watches them pass.
(c) Claude is afraid of heights.
(d) Claude can see most of the city from his apartment.

4. What instrument does Peter Fisk play?
(a) Cello.
(b) Piano.
(c) Violin.
(d) Flute.

5. What is Mr. Weisfeld's opinion about Claude when he returns to Mr. Weisfeld's music store two weeks after he sells the Claude the piano lessons book?
(a) Mr. Weisfeld thinks Claude is gifted.
(b) Mr. Weisfeld thinks Claude needs adult supervision.
(c) Mr. Weisfeld thinks Claude is going to give up.
(d) Mr. Weisfeld thinks Claude may be ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of student is Claude in school?

2. What famous person does Claude meet at the dinner party in the Fisk home?

3. What type of person is Catherine, Mrs. Fisk's daughter?

4. How old is Claude when he begins to go to the movies?

5. What adjective describes the opinion of Claude's music instructors at the Bentley School regarding Claude's talent?

(see the answer key)

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