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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 word from Chapter 11: “The Gentleman’s Canal” refers to excruciating distress or suffering?
(a) Anguish.
(b) Epitome.
(c) Candor.
(d) Duration.

2. What does Theo do with the piece of paper that he’s written his locker number and combination at the storage facility in Chapter 8: “The Shop-Behind-the-Shop, continued”?
(a) He throws it away.
(b) He hides it in his room.
(c) He puts it in a postal box.
(d) He mails it to his father.

3. Who is the driver for Boris when he and Theo leave Theo’s engagement party in the beginning of Chapter 11: “The Gentleman’s Canal”?
(a) Anatoly.
(b) Gyuri.
(c) Horst.
(d) Roger.

4. Where was the painter George van der Mijn born?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Amsterdam.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

5. Who is the following quote attributed to in the opening of Part III of the novel? “We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others, that in the end, we become disguised to ourselves.”
(a) Francois de la Fochefoucauld.
(b) Carson McCullers.
(c) Arthur Rimbaud.
(d) John Steinbeck.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname does Bobo Silver have in the novel?

2. What are the names of Mrs. Barbour’s dogs that Theo meets when he visits her in Chapter 9: “Everything of Possibility”?

3. What is Victor’s last name in the novel?

4. What is the name of Boris’s driver in Chapter 10: “The Idiot”?

5. What does Boris day his wife’s name is in Chapter 10: “The Idiot”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Theo’s anxiety about the painting to escalate in Chapter 7: “The Shop-Behind-the-Shop”?

2. How does Boris describe his plan for retrieving the painting to Theo in Chapter 11: “The Gentleman’s Canal”?

3. What does Theo confess to Hobie after he returns home in Chapter 12: “The Rendezvous Point”?

4. What takes place when Theo meets with the art thieves in Chapter 11: “The Gentleman’s Canal”?

5. Why does Theo study relentlessly in Chapter 7: “The Shop-Behind-the-Shop”?

6. Where does Theo hide the museum painting in Chapter 8: “The Shop-Behind-the-Shop, continued”?

7. What arrangements are made for Theo’s guardianship in Chapter 7: “The Shop-Behind-the-Shop”?

8. How does Theo describe his actions in the past year in the conclusion of Chapter 12: “The Rendezvous Point”? How is Theo’s outlook at the end of the novel?

9. How does Theo describe his business dealings in Chapter 9: “Everything of Possibility”?

10. What does Theo learn about Havistock Irving from Hobie in Chapter 10: “The Idiot”?

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