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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 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”?
(a) Mike McNatt.
(b) Tyler Olowska.
(c) Joey Cable.
(d) Tom Cable.

2. 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 Stranger.
(b) The Sun Also Rises.
(c) To Have and Have Not.
(d) The House of the Seven Gables.

3. What are the names of Andy Barbour’s younger siblings?
(a) Peter and Sarah.
(b) Pippa and Tom.
(c) Jerry and Kelly.
(d) Toddy and Kitsey.

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) John Steinbeck.
(c) Carson McCullers.
(d) Beethoven.

5. What are the names of Mrs. Barbour’s dogs that Theo meets when he visits her in Chapter 9: “Everything of Possibility”?
(a) Chiva and Pittsy.
(b) Socks and Spot.
(c) Ting-a-Ling and Clementine.
(d) Bobo and Mittens.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where do the social workers tell Theo his mother’s body is being held in Chapter 3: “Park Avenue”?

4. Where has Theo duct-taped the painting in a hiding place in Chapter 6: “Wind, Sand and Stars”?

5. Who is the school counselor that talks to Theo after his mother’s death in Chapter 3: “Park Avenue”?

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