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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V, Chapter 12: The Rendezvous Point.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item of jewelry does Theo give to Kitsey to wear at their wedding in Chapter 10: “The Idiot”?
(a) Pippa's diamond bracelet.
(b) His mother’s emerald earrings.
(c) A turquoise necklace.
(d) His grandmother's wedding ring.

2. 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) To Have and Have Not.
(c) The House of the Seven Gables.
(d) The Sun Also Rises.

3. What fictional name does Boris call Theo when he first meets him in Chapter 5: “Badr al-Dine”?
(a) Don Juan.
(b) Birdman.
(c) Harry Potter.
(d) Batman.

4. 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 hides it in his room.
(b) He throws it away.
(c) He mails it to his father.
(d) He puts it in a postal box.

5. What television channel does Theo sit and watch each day when Andy returns to school in Chapter 3: “Park Avenue”?
(a) Nickelodeon.
(b) Turner Classic Movies.
(c) Fox News.
(d) CNN.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the school principle that Theo and his mother have a meeting with on the day that she is killed?

2. Who wrote The Grapes of Wrath?

3. For how long does Theo pre-pay for the storage of the museum painting in Chapter 8: “The Shop-Behind-the-Shop, continued”?

4. Who is the author of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter?

5. Platt Barbour tells Theo that he has just begun working for what academic publisher in Chapter 9: “Everything of Possibility”?

(see the answer key)

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