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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. How does Claude feel about Catherine?
(a) He cruelly teases her.
(b) He thinks of her as his best friend.
(c) He is love struck.
(d) He ignores her.

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

3. What is Claude able to do now that he works in Mr. Weisfeld's music store?
(a) Practice whenever he wants.
(b) Buy a brand new piano.
(c) Learn how to play other instruments.
(d) Afford his own necessities.

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

5. Where in the building is the apartment in which Claude lives with his mother?
(a) Top floor.
(b) First floor.
(c) Third floor.
(d) Basement.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Claude discover an old piano?

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

3. During what era does Body and Soul begin?

4. What instrument does Mrs. Fisk buy for her daughter, Catherine, in Mr. Weisfeld's music store?

5. What organization suspects Emma of communist activities?

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