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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV, Chapter 9: Everything of Possibility.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the customer that accuses Theo and Hobie of working together to make and sell fake antiques in Chapter 9: “Everything of Possibility”?
(a) Lucius Reeve.
(b) John Steinbeck.
(c) Tyler Olowska.
(d) Chance Barbour.

2. Where does Naaman Silver tell Theo he is from in Chapter 6: “Wind, Sand and Stars”?
(a) Canarsie, New York.
(b) Trenton, New Jersey.
(c) Newark, New Jersey.
(d) Springfield, Illinois.

3. What is the name of the equestrian school that Platt Barbour says his parents sent him to as soon as he could tie his shoelaces in Chapter 9: “Everything of Possibility”?
(a) Groton School.
(b) Winchester School.
(c) Prince George’s School.
(d) Collomby School.

4. The following quote opens Part IV of The Goldfinch: “It is not flesh and blood, but heart which makes us fathers and sons.” Who is attributed to this quotation?
(a) Carson McCullers.
(b) Schiller.
(c) John Steinbeck.
(d) Beethoven.

5. Where does Andy Barbour’s family live?
(a) Greenwich Village.
(b) Queens.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Park Avenue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What psychiatric disorder had Mr. Barbour been diagnosed with?

2. What is the name of the boy that Boris becomes jealous over because Kotku flirted with him after class in Chapter 6: “Wind, Sand and Stars”?

3. What is the name of Tom Cable’s sister that Platt Barbour once dated?

4. What is the name of Theo’s bike-messenger drug-dealer in Chapter 9: “Everything of Possibility”?

5. What does the nickname “Kotku” that Boris gives his girlfriend mean in English?

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