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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 12 and 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Claude want to attend a regular university instead of a musical conservatory?
(a) A regular university is less expensive than a musical conservatory.
(b) There are no musical conservatories close enough to his home so he can care for his mother.
(c) All of his friends will be attending regular universities.
(d) He wants a well-rounded education.

4. What happens when Emma receives occasional phone calls during the night?
(a) Emma sends Claude to stay with a neighbor.
(b) Emma panics and screams hysterically.
(c) Emma wakes Claude and takes him to pick up secret customers.
(d) Emma leaves and delivers mysterious packages.

5. Who keeps Claude company after his mother goes to bed when she comes home from work?
(a) A neighbor.
(b) The building custodian.
(c) No one.
(d) Claude's father.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the relationship between Claude and Ivan Andrews?

4. Who tells Claude that Catherine has eloped?

5. How does Claude make sure that the orchestra at the music festival knows what Mr. Fredericks wants?

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