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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 author of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter?
(a) T. E. Lawrence.
(b) Carson McCullers.
(c) Farruco Frantisek.
(d) Francois de la Fochefoucauld.

2. What is Boris’s last name?
(a) Pavlikovsky.
(b) Bryg.
(c) Skawinski.
(d) Lyman.

3. How long ago does Platt say that Andy died in Chapter 9: “Everything of Possibility”?
(a) 2 years ago.
(b) 1 year ago.
(c) 4 years ago.
(d) 5 months ago.

4. The following quote opens Part IV of The Goldfinch: “It is not flesh and blood, but heart which makes us fathers and sons.” Who is attributed to this quotation?
(a) Schiller.
(b) Carson McCullers.
(c) John Steinbeck.
(d) Beethoven.

5. Who is the school counselor that talks to Theo after his mother’s death in Chapter 3: “Park Avenue”?
(a) Miss Thomas.
(b) Mr. Borowsky.
(c) Mr. Neuspeil.
(d) Mrs. Swanson.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

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

3. Who wrote The Grapes of Wrath?

4. What psychiatric disorder had Mr. Barbour been diagnosed with?

5. How does Xandra say Theo’s father died in Chapter 6: “Wind, Sand and Stars”?

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