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1. Describe the interaction between the child and the teacher in Chapter 1.

The teacher appears to be annoyed with the child because he refuses to answer her questions or play the piano correctly. The child is openly disobedient towards the teacher and basically ignores everything she says.

2. How does Anne react toward the teacher when her child misbehaves in the first music lesson?

Anne seems to find her child's disobedience amusing and tries to persuade him to do what the teacher says in a nicer way.

3. Describe what can be seen outside the teacher's apartment.

During the music lesson in the teacher's apartment many different objects can be seen outside the window, including motorboats, the sky, the docks, the sea, and other children.

4. Describe Anne's reaction after they hear the woman's loud scream in Chapter 1.

After Anne, the teacher and the child hear the woman's loud scream, Anne insists that the music lesson continue and that they not investigate what happened. Anne then shakes her son's shoulders and tells him he must learn the piano.

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