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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. What kind of student is Claude in school?
(a) Struggling.
(b) Average.
(c) Bright.
(d) Indifferent.

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

3. Why can't Claude keep the Bechstein piano left to him by the maestro in his apartment?
(a) The neighbors complain about the noise.
(b) The apartment is too small.
(c) There is no way to get it down the steps to the apartment.
(d) It doesn't fit through the apartment door.

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

5. Where does Mr. Fredericks live?
(a) In an expensive townhouse in Brooklyn.
(b) In a beach house in the Hamptons.
(c) In a mansion on the Hudson River.
(d) In a penthouse in Manhattan.

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

4. What is the status of Emma's job when she returns to New York City after being questioned about communist activities?

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

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