1. Who is the telephone message from that Theo listens to after returning home from the bombing in Chapter 2: “The Anatomy Lesson”?
(a) Pru.
(b) Etta.
(c) Jed.
(d) Mr. Neuspeil.

2. Where does the narrator describe locking himself in his hotel room for over a week in the beginning of Chapter 1: “Boy with a Skull”?
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) New York.
(c) Houston.
(d) Atlanta.

3. What museum are Theo and his mother when his mother is killed?
(a) The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
(b) The Ben Franklin Museum.
(c) The Museum of Modern Art.
(d) The Guggenheim.

4. How old is Theo when his mother is killed?
(a) 11.
(b) 15.
(c) 16.
(d) 13.

5. Who was the painter The Goldfinch?
(a) Carel Fabritius.
(b) Francois de la Fochefoucauld.
(c) Rembrandt.
(d) T. E. Lawrence.

Short Answer Questions

1. After receiving the phone call from Child Services in Chapter 2: “The Anatomy Lesson,” Theo describes himself as “immobile, stunned with despair,” and compares himself with what animals?

2. On what date does Theo’s mother die in the narrative?

3. What color hair does Theo describe his mother as having in Chapter 1: “Boy with a Skull”?

4. Why does Theo say his father is indisposed when the Department of Child and Family Services calls in Chapter 2: “The Anatomy Lesson”?

5. What does Theo describe as his greatest fear when he was four or five in Chapter 2: “The Anatomy Lesson”?

(see the answer key)

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