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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapter 3: Park Avenue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What is the name of the social worker from the Department of Child and Family Services that calls Theo and asks to speak to his father in Chapter 2: “The Anatomy Lesson”?
(a) Marjorie Beth Weinberg.
(b) Mathilde Beeman.
(c) Carson McCullers.
(d) Joey Cable.

3. How does Theo describe the woman that arrives at his door in the end of Chapter 2: “The Anatomy Lesson”?
(a) A tall Native American woman.
(b) A chubby Korean woman.
(c) An elderly black woman.
(d) A petite Irish woman.

4. What is the name of the male social worker that takes Theo to the diner in Chapter 3: “Park Avenue”?
(a) Carl.
(b) Enrique.
(c) James.
(d) Peter.

5. Where did Theo’s mother live by Annette, the fireman’s widow?
(a) The Lower East Side.
(b) Queens.
(c) Greenwich Village.
(d) The Bronx.

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. Who is Theo’s friend that he describes breaking into vacation houses with in Chapter 1: “Boy with a Skull”?

3. Who was the painter The Goldfinch?

4. Where does Andy Barbour’s family live?

5. How does Theo describe his father in “the diplomatic way of putting it” in Chapter 2: “The Anatomy Lesson”?

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