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

2. Who do Claude and Emma discover belongs to the Communist Party?
(a) The neighbor with whom Claude occasionally stays.
(b) A secret customer.
(c) Al Johnson.
(d) Mr. Weisfeld.

3. Why does Claude begin to go to the movies?
(a) As a diversion.
(b) His friends convince him to go.
(c) He likes a girl who works there.
(d) To hear the music played with the movie.

4. 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 likes to read the expressions on the faces of the people who pass.
(c) Claude can see most of the city from his apartment.
(d) Claude is afraid of heights.

5. What instrument does Peter Fisk play?
(a) Flute.
(b) Violin.
(c) Cello.
(d) Piano.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what era does Body and Soul begin?

2. Where does Claude discover an old piano?

3. Who arranges for Claude to practice on a grand piano in the home of a famous retired maestro?

4. What happens when Emma receives occasional phone calls during the night?

5. Who invites Claude to a piano performance at Carnegie Hall?

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