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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Chapter 8: The Shop-Behind-the-Shop, continued.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the school principle that Theo and his mother have a meeting with on the day that she is killed?
(a) Mr. O’Shea.
(b) Mr. Borowsky.
(c) Mr. Beeman.
(d) Mr. Neuspeil.

2. On what date does Theo’s mother die in the narrative?
(a) April 10.
(b) June 14.
(c) September 11.
(d) March 12.

3. When Boris begins spending all of his time with Kotku in Chapter 6: “Wind, Sand and Stars,” the narrator says that Theo passes the time reading The Grapes of Wrath and what novel?
(a) The Stranger.
(b) The House of the Seven Gables.
(c) To Have and Have Not.
(d) The Sun Also Rises.

4. Grisha tells Theo in Chapter 8: “The Shop-Behind-the-Shop, continued” that the term “Russian Jew” is what?
(a) An oxymoron.
(b) A simile.
(c) A metaphor.
(d) Propaganda.

5. When did George van der Mijn die?
(a) 1598.
(b) 1763.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1802.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

2. What casino’s pool does Boris text Theo from once Theo has arrived in New York in Chapter 7: “The Shop-Behind-the-Shop”?

3. Who does Theo go to see at his old apartment building in Chapter 8: “The Shop-Behind-the-Shop, continued”?

4. How frequently does Theo say he has to see the state-assigned therapist after his mother’s death in Chapter 4: “Morphine Lollipop”?

5. What caused the death of Pippa’s mother?

(see the answer key)

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