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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 14 and 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are Lady and Catherine Fisk related?
(a) Catherine is Lady's aunt.
(b) First cousins.
(c) Stepsisters.
(d) Second cousins.

2. What business arrangement does Claude enter into with Al Johnson, a maintenance man?
(a) Claude helps Al with custodial work.
(b) Claude plays the piano while Al plays the saxophone on a street corner.
(c) They sell cleaning supplies.
(d) They split the money from collecting soda bottles in the garbage.

3. How does Claude get from the train station to the Powers' home?
(a) Taxi.
(b) Vintage car.
(c) Sports car.
(d) Limousine.

4. Who invites Claude to a piano performance at Carnegie Hall?
(a) Mr. Weisfeld.
(b) Victor Wolff.
(c) Mr. Fredericks.
(d) Mrs. Fisk.

5. Why does Claude dress in a suit and tie for his first session accompanying Peter Fisk at the Fisk home?
(a) Claude wants to impress Catherine.
(b) Mrs. Fisk instructed Claude to dress formally.
(c) An important musician will be observing the session.
(d) Claude knows Mr. Fisk is an influential politician.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the location of the apartment in which Claude lives with his mother important?

2. In addition to the Bechstein piano, what else does the maestro include in his trust for Claude?

3. Why does Claude begin to go to the movies?

4. Who is the composer of the Double Concerto that Mr. Fredericks wants Claude to play at the music festival?

5. What is Claude's goal when he plays with Mr. Fredericks at the music festival?

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