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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapter 5: Badr al-Dine Summary.

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) Pippa.
(b) Xandra.
(c) Cinzia.
(d) Loretta.

2. A quote from what author opens Part II of The Goldfinch?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) Percy Shelley.
(c) Arthur Rimbaud.
(d) F. Scott Fitzgerald.

3. Who is the school principle that Theo and his mother have a meeting with on the day that she is killed?
(a) Mr. Neuspeil.
(b) Mr. O’Shea.
(c) Mr. Beeman.
(d) Mr. Borowsky.

4. Who is the math teacher that describes his brother’s death in a car accident to Theo in Chapter 3: “Park Avenue”?
(a) Mr. Swanson.
(b) Mr. Borowsky.
(c) Mr. Meeks.
(d) Mr. Neuspeil.

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

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

3. What caused the death of Pippa’s mother?

4. What is the name of the street that Theo’s father lives on in Las Vegas?

5. What was the name of Pippa’s mother?

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