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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. Who arranges for Claude to practice on a grand piano in the home of a famous retired maestro?
(a) Al Johnson.
(b) Claude's father.
(c) Mr. Weisfeld.
(d) Claude's mother.

2. Why does Mrs. Fisk buy an instrument for Catherine in the music store?
(a) She hopes Catherine will like it.
(b) Catherine has been begging her mother for an instrument.
(c) Catherine is tired of playing the piano.
(d) Mrs. Fisk ordered Catherine to learn how to play.

3. Why does Claude rush from the basement of Mr. Weisfeld's music store to Mr. Weisfeld's apartment upstairs in the middle of the night?
(a) Someone is trying to break in.
(b) Claude has finally mastered a difficult piece of music.
(c) There is a fire in the basement.
(d) Claude wants to share his new composition.

4. What used to be in the room that Peter Fisk shows Claude while he waits to go to the dance with Catherine?
(a) War paraphernalia.
(b) Electric trains.
(c) Exotic plants.
(d) A grand piano.

5. Where is Emma taken for questioning about her suspected communist activities?
(a) West Point, NY.
(b) Albany, NY.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) Williamsburg, VA.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Emma return to New York City during the questioning process about her suspected communist activities?

3. Why does Mr. Weisfeld react the way he does when Claude wakes him in the middle of the night?

4. What organization suspects Emma of communist activities?

5. How does Claude feel about Catherine?

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