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

2. 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?
(a) Pigeons.
(b) Lab rats.
(c) Stranded cats.
(d) Hamsters.

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

4. Where does Boris say his wife lives mostly with his children in Chapter 10: “The Idiot”?
(a) Stockholm.
(b) Paris.
(c) New York.
(d) London.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How frequently does Theo say he has to see the state-assigned therapist after his mother’s death in Chapter 4: “Morphine Lollipop”?

2. Who wrote the novel The Idiot?

3. Where in New York does Theo put The Goldfinch in a storage facility in Chapter 8: “The Shop-Behind-the-Shop, continued”?

4. 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”?

5. How old is Theo when his mother is killed?

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