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

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

3. What is Claude's physique as a young boy?
(a) Overweight.
(b) Scrawny.
(c) Deformed as a result of a birth defect.
(d) Well-proportioned.

4. How does Claude come to accompany Peter Fisk as he plays?
(a) Claude and Peter are best friends.
(b) Claude wants to talk to Mr. Fisk about Emma.
(c) Claude needs the experience.
(d) Mrs. Fisk hires Claude.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Where is the home of the maestro who allows Claude to practice on his grand piano?

3. What adjective could be used to describe Claude's life before he goes to school?

4. What item does the Fisk housekeeper give to Claude when he arrives to go to the dance with Catherine?

5. What does Claude's mother do when she comes home from her job of driving a taxi?

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