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

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

3. What is the status of Emma's job when she returns to New York City after being questioned about communist activities?
(a) Her cab has been impounded by the police.
(b) Her hours have been drastically cut.
(c) She has been fired.
(d) Her cab driver's license has been suspended.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who keeps Claude company after his mother goes to bed when she comes home from work?

2. What happens when Emma receives occasional phone calls during the night?

3. Where does Claude sit in relation to the other children in the children's section of the movie theater?

4. What instrument does Peter Fisk play?

5. Regarding Claude's father, what does Emma ask Claude not to do?

(see the answer key)

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