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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. Who tells Theo that he’s seen men stalking outside of the antiques shop in Chapter 10: “The Idiot”?
(a) Grisha.
(b) Boris.
(c) Gyuri.
(d) Mike.

2. Who is the woman that works for Boris what Theo meets when he first sees Boris in New York in Chapter 10: “The Idiot”?
(a) Pippa.
(b) Xandra.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Myriam.

3. What actress’s husband killed himself on their wedding night and wrote in a suicide note, “It was only a farce,” according to Theo in Chapter 12: “The Rendezvous Point”?
(a) Joan Crawford's husband.
(b) Marilyn Monroe's husband.
(c) Jean Harlow’s husband.
(d) Betty Grable's husband.

4. Who wrote the novel The Idiot?
(a) Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
(b) Constantin Stanislavski.
(c) August Strindberg.
(d) Anton Chekhov.

5. How many letters does Theo set out to write before committing suicide in Chapter 12: “The Rendezvous Point”?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reported value of the rediscovered Rembrandt that was stolen from the museum after the attack?

2. For how many years does Theo say old Mr. Leopold had lived in the apartment building where Theo and his mother had lived in Chapter 8: “The Shop-Behind-the-Shop, continued”?

3. What is the name of the boarding school that Pippa attends in Chapter 7: “The Shop-Behind-the-Shop”?

4. The news in Chapter 7: “The Shop-Behind-the-Shop” describes the discovery of three stolen paintings from the bombed museum in an attic. Where in New York were the paintings found?

5. What is Kitsey’s real first name?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What has Theo done with The Goldfinch after arriving at Hobie’s shop in Chapter 7: “The Shop-Behind-the-Shop”?

3. How does Theo describe his relationship with drugs in Chapter 9: “Everything of Possibility”?

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

5. What is foreshadowed by the conversation between Theo and Grisha in Chapter 8: “The Shop-Behind-the-Shop, continued”?

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

7. What does Boris bring with him when he arrives in Chapter 12: “The Rendezvous Point”?

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

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

10. What letters does Theo write in Chapter 12: “The Rendezvous Point”? Why?

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