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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 movie particularly interests Claude because of its story line, which he relates to his life?
(a) A Summer Place.
(b) A Raisin in the Sun.
(c) A Place in the Sun.
(d) Island in the Sun.

2. 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.

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. On the ride home from the dance, what does Claude ask Catherine?
(a) Why she treats him so poorly.
(b) If she will introduce him to a girl he saw at the dance.
(c) If she will be his girlfriend.
(d) Why she asked him to the dance.

5. What does Claude's mother do when she comes home from her job of driving a taxi?
(a) Gives piano lessons.
(b) Drinks beer.
(c) Reads to Claude.
(d) Cleans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Claude decide to do regarding the intimate relationship that has developed between his mother and Al Johnson?

2. Who invites Claude to a piano performance at Carnegie Hall?

3. After Claude wakes Mr. Weisfeld during the night, what does he do for Mr. Weisfeld?

4. What does Claude do with the school accessory he finds under his seat at the movies?

5. After Emma is released from government surveillance, what does she send to official agencies?

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