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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. What does the nickname “Kotku” that Boris gives his girlfriend mean in English?
(a) Flower.
(b) Puppy dog.
(c) Little bird.
(d) Kitty cat.

2. What is the name of the woman Andy was planning to marry when he died?
(a) Miyako.
(b) Myriam.
(c) Samantha.
(d) Sascha.

3. 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”?
(a) Wendell.
(b) Michael.
(c) James.
(d) Andrew.

4. What is the name of the boy that Boris becomes jealous over because Kotku flirted with him after class in Chapter 6: “Wind, Sand and Stars”?
(a) Larry Decker.
(b) Tyler Olowska.
(c) Chance Barbour.
(d) James Hobart.

5. What television channel does Theo sit and watch each day when Andy returns to school in Chapter 3: “Park Avenue”?
(a) Fox News.
(b) CNN.
(c) Turner Classic Movies.
(d) Nickelodeon.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Theo travel from Las Vegas to New York in Chapter 6: “Wind, Sand and Stars”?

2. Where does Platt say his father first began experiencing manic episodes in Chapter 9: “Everything of Possibility”?

3. Who is Theo’s English teacher in Chapter 3: “Park Avenue”?

4. Who is the “semi-famous actor” that visits Theo at the Barbours’ home after his mother’s death in Chapter 3: “Park Avenue”?

5. 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?

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