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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What television channel does Theo sit and watch each day when Andy returns to school in Chapter 3: “Park Avenue”?
(a) CNN.
(b) Turner Classic Movies.
(c) Nickelodeon.
(d) Fox News.

2. What character from Sesame Street does Theo compare the “Hispanic guy in a shirt and tie” to that arrives at his door in Chapter 2: “The Anatomy Lesson”?
(a) Vinnie.
(b) Elmo.
(c) Oscar.
(d) Luis.

3. What is the name of the female bartender at the mining camp that taught Boris to speak English, according to his story in Chapter 5: “Badr al-Dine”?
(a) Judy.
(b) Emma.
(c) Maude.
(d) Sarah.

4. Where does Theo tell the social workers that his paternal grandparents live in Chapter 3: “Park Avenue”?
(a) California.
(b) Maine.
(c) Maryland.
(d) Connecticut.

5. What fictional name does Boris call Theo when he first meets him in Chapter 5: “Badr al-Dine”?
(a) Don Juan.
(b) Harry Potter.
(c) Birdman.
(d) Batman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Theo says as he leaves for Las Vegas in Chapter 5: “Badr al-Dine” that he has never been out of New York City for more than how many days before?

2. What is the name of Andy Barbour’s brother whose room Theo stays in after his mother’s death?

3. What is Boris’s last name?

4. How long ago does Hobie say Pippa’s mother died in Chapter 4: “Morphine Lollipop”?

5. How many years ago does Theo describe his mother’s death as occurring in Chapter 1: “Boy with a Skull”?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Theo meet Hobie in Chapter 3: “Park Avenue”?

2. What obstacle appears in Theo’s and Boris’s friendship in Chapter 6: “Wind, Sand and Stars”?

3. What event does the narrator describe on April 10, fourteen years prior, in Chapter 1: “Boy with a Skull”?

4. How does Theo’s father behave toward Theo in Chapter 6: “Wind, Sand and Stars”?

5. What fears occupy Theo’s mind as a young child, as illustrated in Chapter 2: “The Anatomy Lesson”? Why?

6. How is the arrival of Theo’s father described in Chapter 4: “Morphine Lollipop”? Who accompanies Theo’s father when he arrives?

7. Why does Theo’s father make Theo call his mother’s lawyer in Chapter 6: “Wind, Sand and Stars”? What does Theo learn during the call?

8. How does Theo come to the realization that his mother has died in Chapter 2: “The Anatomy Lesson”?

9. Who is the narrator of the novel? What are the current circumstances of the narrator in Chapter 1: “Boy with a Skull”?

10. How does Theo come to be in possession of the ring and painting in Chapter 1: “Boy with a Skull”?

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