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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 5, 6, 7, and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Claude choose to keep a quiet demeanor in school?
(a) He is embarrassed about his poverty.
(b) He struggles to keep up with the class.
(c) He doesn't want anyone asking about his father.
(d) He is afraid of being punished by his mother.

2. Why does Mrs. Fisk buy an instrument for Catherine in the music store?
(a) Mrs. Fisk ordered Catherine to learn how to play.
(b) Catherine has been begging her mother for an instrument.
(c) She hopes Catherine will like it.
(d) Catherine is tired of playing the piano.

3. How does Claude feel about sitting in the children's section of the movie theater?
(a) Excited.
(b) Annoyed.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Relieved.

4. Where does Claude discover an old piano?
(a) In a storage room in his apartment building.
(b) In a room in his apartment.
(c) Beneath the stairs leading to the first floor of his apartment building.
(d) On the sidewalk in front of his apartment building.

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 may be ill.
(b) Mr. Weisfeld thinks Claude needs adult supervision.
(c) Mr. Weisfeld thinks Claude is going to give up.
(d) Mr. Weisfeld thinks Claude is gifted.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Claude's mother is at work and Claude is on his own, how does he make spending money?

2. What is Claude able to do now that he works in Mr. Weisfeld's music store?

3. Where is Emma taken for questioning about her suspected communist activities?

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

5. Who do Claude and Emma discover belongs to the Communist Party?

(see the answer key)

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