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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 is the name of Theo’s father’s secretary that calls when he stops coming to work in Chapter 2: “The Anatomy Lesson”?
(a) Anna.
(b) Loretta.
(c) Pippa.
(d) Marie.

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) Mike.
(b) Tom.
(c) Jed.
(d) Jimmy.

3. 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) Joey Cable.
(d) Carson McCullers.

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

5. How old is Theo when he describes locking himself in a hotel room for over a week in the beginning of Chapter 1: “Boy with a Skull”?
(a) 27.
(b) 32.
(c) 19.
(d) 16.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hobie’s full name?

2. Who is the telephone message from that Theo listens to after returning home from the bombing in Chapter 2: “The Anatomy Lesson”?

3. 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”?

4. Who is Theo’s Honors English teacher in Chapter 5: “Badr al-Dine”?

5. What does Hobie say Mrs. Barbour’s last name was prior to her marriage in Chapter 4: “Morphine Lollipop”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the dream that is described by the narrator in Chapter 1: “Boy with a Skull”?

2. How would you describe Theo’s mindset when he arrives home in Chapter 2: “The Anatomy Lesson”?

3. How does Theo describe the sexual undertones of his friendship with Boris in Chapter 6: “Wind, Sand and Stars”?

4. What is Theo’s principle internal conflict in Chapter 4: “Morphine Lollipop”?

5. What does Theo discover by eavesdropping at his new home in Las Vegas in Chapter 5: “Badr al-Dine”?

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

7. Where does Theo go to stay after his mother’s death in Chapter 3: “Park Avenue”? Why?

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

9. What information does Theo learn regarding his grandparents in Chapter 3: “Park Avenue”?

10. How does Theo describe the setting of Boris’s bedroom in Chapter 5: “Badr al-Dine”?

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