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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV, Chapter 10: The Idiot.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the computer from 2001: A Space Odyssey that Theo associates the Child Services worker’s voice with in Chapter 2: “The Anatomy Lesson”?
(a) Hal.
(b) Slobot.
(c) Tinker.
(d) R2D2.

2. Who is the “semi-famous actor” that visits Theo at the Barbours’ home after his mother’s death in Chapter 3: “Park Avenue”?
(a) Jimmy.
(b) Mike.
(c) Tom.
(d) Jed.

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

4. What nickname does Bobo Silver have in the novel?
(a) The Sharp Shot.
(b) The Mensch.
(c) The Shark.
(d) The Nine-Pin.

5. How does Xandra say Theo’s father died in Chapter 6: “Wind, Sand and Stars”?
(a) He was in a boating accident.
(b) He was stabbed.
(c) He was in a car accident.
(d) He was shot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Mr. Barbour’s uncle that Platt says drowned while trying to cross to the mainland in the 1960s in Chapter 9: “Everything of Possibility”?

2. What museum are Theo and his mother when his mother is killed?

3. 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?

4. Hobie invites Theo to go for dinner at “the Local” with him and whom in Chapter 8: “The Shop-Behind-the-Shop, continued”?

5. Where was Rembrandt born?

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