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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV, Chapter 9: Everything of Possibility.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the “semi-famous actor” that visits Theo at the Barbours’ home after his mother’s death in Chapter 3: “Park Avenue”?
(a) Mike.
(b) Jed.
(c) Jimmy.
(d) Tom.

2. Where does Andy Barbour’s older brother attend school in Chapter 3: “Park Avenue”?
(a) Monmouth School.
(b) Welton School.
(c) Groton School.
(d) Xavier School.

3. When Boris begins spending all of his time with Kotku in Chapter 6: “Wind, Sand and Stars,” the narrator says that Theo passes the time reading The Grapes of Wrath and what novel?
(a) The House of the Seven Gables.
(b) To Have and Have Not.
(c) The Sun Also Rises.
(d) The Stranger.

4. How does Xandra say Theo’s father died in Chapter 6: “Wind, Sand and Stars”?
(a) He was in a car accident.
(b) He was stabbed.
(c) He was shot.
(d) He was in a boating accident.

5. Who wrote The Grapes of Wrath?
(a) Carson McCullers.
(b) John Steinbeck.
(c) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of Mrs. Barbour’s dogs that Theo meets when he visits her in Chapter 9: “Everything of Possibility”?

2. What word used in Chapter 9: “Everything of Possibility” means to confuse or bewilder?

3. What is the name of Kotku’s older boyfriend in Chapter 6: “Wind, Sand and Stars”?

4. What television channel does Theo sit and watch each day when Andy returns to school in Chapter 3: “Park Avenue”?

5. Where did Theo’s mother live by Annette, the fireman’s widow?

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