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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. Why is the location of the apartment in which Claude lives with his mother important?
(a) Claude realizes people are always going somewhere as he watches them pass.
(b) Claude is afraid of heights.
(c) Claude likes to read the expressions on the faces of the people who pass.
(d) Claude can see most of the city from his apartment.

2. What is Claude able to do now that he works in Mr. Weisfeld's music store?
(a) Practice whenever he wants.
(b) Buy a brand new piano.
(c) Afford his own necessities.
(d) Learn how to play other instruments.

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Claude do with the school accessory he finds under his seat at the movies?

2. How does Claude feel about sitting in the children's section of the movie theater?

3. Why does Claude begin to go to the movies?

4. Where does Claude discover an old piano?

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

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