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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 is Claude's physique as a young boy?
(a) Scrawny.
(b) Well-proportioned.
(c) Overweight.
(d) Deformed as a result of a birth defect.

2. Why does Claude choose to keep a quiet demeanor in school?
(a) He is embarrassed about his poverty.
(b) He is afraid of being punished by his mother.
(c) He struggles to keep up with the class.
(d) He doesn't want anyone asking about his father.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Claude need to fill in for a pianist who is supposed to perform at the music festival?

3. While Claude's mother is at work and Claude is on his own, how does he make spending money?

4. Where in the building is the apartment in which Claude lives with his mother?

5. What does Claude ask Catherine to do in a letter he sends her?

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