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

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

3. Where did Theo’s mother live by Annette, the fireman’s widow?
(a) Queens.
(b) The Lower East Side.
(c) Greenwich Village.
(d) The Bronx.

4. What is the name of Tom Cable’s sister that Platt Barbour once dated?
(a) Anna Cable.
(b) Joey Cable.
(c) Mina Cable.
(d) Sarah Cable.

5. What is the name of Andy Barbour’s brother whose room Theo stays in after his mother’s death?
(a) Alex.
(b) Paul.
(c) Platt.
(d) Toddy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Naaman Silver tell Theo he is from in Chapter 6: “Wind, Sand and Stars”?

2. What was the name of Mr. Barbour’s uncle that Platt says drowned while trying to cross to the mainland in the 1960s in Chapter 9: “Everything of Possibility”?

3. Who does Theo say “avoided me as assiduously as if I were a girl he’d dumped” after the death of his mother in Chapter 3: “Park Avenue”?

4. How long ago does Platt say that Andy died in Chapter 9: “Everything of Possibility”?

5. Platt Barbour tells Theo that he has just begun working for what academic publisher in Chapter 9: “Everything of Possibility”?

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