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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Chapter 7: The Shop-Behind-the-Shop.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Theo describe as his greatest fear when he was four or five in Chapter 2: “The Anatomy Lesson”?
(a) That something might happen to his father.
(b) That something might happen to his mother.
(c) That his sister hates him.
(d) That he might lose his dog.

2. What is Theo’s mother’s name?
(a) Marie Decker.
(b) Audrey Decker.
(c) Anna Decker.
(d) Sarah Decker.

3. What is the name of the boarding school that Pippa attends in Chapter 7: “The Shop-Behind-the-Shop”?
(a) Institut Swisse.
(b) Institut Mont-Haefeli.
(c) Groton School.
(d) The Kennedy School.

4. Who is the housekeeper that Theo’s mother has to let go after Theo’s father leaves in Chapter 2: “The Anatomy Lesson”?
(a) Cinzia.
(b) Pippa.
(c) Loretta.
(d) Xandra.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of Andy Barbour’s brother whose room Theo stays in after his mother’s death?

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. Who is the following quote attributed to in the opening of Part III of the novel? “We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others, that in the end, we become disguised to ourselves.”

5. Who is Theo’s history teacher that he describes as having grown up in a tough Boston neighborhood in Chapter 4: “Morphine Lollipop”?

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