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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. What is the Schoenberg twelve-tone system?
(a) A new type of piano.
(b) A metronome.
(c) An emergency alert system.
(d) A method of music composition.

2. In addition to the Bechstein piano, what else does the maestro include in his trust for Claude?
(a) A music store.
(b) Funds for piano lessons.
(c) The maestro's apartment.
(d) A college scholarship.

3. Where does Claude sit in relation to the other children in the children's section of the movie theater?
(a) He sits in the most crowded part.
(b) As far away from them as possible.
(c) He waits until someone invites him to sit.
(d) He sits just on the edge of the crowd of children.

4. What happens when Emma receives occasional phone calls during the night?
(a) Emma leaves and delivers mysterious packages.
(b) Emma sends Claude to stay with a neighbor.
(c) Emma wakes Claude and takes him to pick up secret customers.
(d) Emma panics and screams hysterically.

5. Why does Emma return to New York City during the questioning process about her suspected communist activities?
(a) Her boss calls and tells her he needs her to come back to work.
(b) She receives permission to leave.
(c) Claude becomes ill.
(d) She is tired of being questioned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What organization suspects Emma of communist activities?

2. Why does Claude rush from the basement of Mr. Weisfeld's music store to Mr. Weisfeld's apartment upstairs in the middle of the night?

3. What does Claude's mother do when she comes home from her job of driving a taxi?

4. Why does Claude dress in a suit and tie for his first session accompanying Peter Fisk at the Fisk home?

5. On the ride home from the dance, what does Claude ask Catherine?

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