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

2. What does Claude decide to do regarding the intimate relationship that has developed between his mother and Al Johnson?
(a) Ignore the relationship.
(b) Leave home.
(c) Try to keep Al and his mother apart.
(d) Support Al and his mother.

3. What business arrangement does Claude enter into with Al Johnson, a maintenance man?
(a) Claude helps Al with custodial work.
(b) Claude plays the piano while Al plays the saxophone on a street corner.
(c) They split the money from collecting soda bottles in the garbage.
(d) They sell cleaning supplies.

4. What is the Schoenberg twelve-tone system?
(a) A metronome.
(b) A new type of piano.
(c) An emergency alert system.
(d) A method of music composition.

5. What does Claude do with the school accessory he finds under his seat at the movies?
(a) Keeps it for himself.
(b) Sells it.
(c) Throws it away.
(d) Returns it to its owner.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Emma, what happens to Claude's father?

3. Why does Claude dress in a suit and tie for his first session accompanying Peter Fisk at the Fisk home?

4. What adjective describes the opinion of Claude's music instructors at the Bentley School regarding Claude's talent?

5. What is the result after Claude studies the Schoenberg twelve-tone system?

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