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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, A Road of Blood and Flowers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the purpose of the early-morning phone call in Chapter 2?
(a) Angela wants Tycho to help her find her father.
(b) Africa has had an argument with her husband and wants her parents to come and get her.
(c) Africa has had an argument with her husband and wants her parents to call the police.
(d) Angela wants to tell Tycho about her conversation with her mother.

2. What is Richard's reaction to the news that Africa is coming home?
(a) He is annoyed because she is noisy.
(b) He is anxious because he doesn't like her baby.
(c) He is angry because he doesn't want to share a room with Tycho.
(d) He is happy because he misses her.

3. Richard says it wouldn't be fair to their parents if Africa moves back home. Why?
(a) Their parents can't afford to take care of her.
(b) Their parents are too old.
(c) Their mother will end up being a built-in babysitter.
(d) The house is too small.

4. While Angela and her mother are having breakfast, Dido interrogates Angela about ____.
(a) Why Angela is trying to meet her father.
(b) Robin's character.
(c) What Angela plans to do that day.
(d) What Angela did the night before.

5. What has Tycho advised Angela to do about her father?
(a) Ask her mother to set up a meeting.
(b) Telephone him and ask if the two can meet.
(c) Write him off and forget about him.
(d) Send him a letter.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Tycho, what property does truth have?

2. Richard is groaning about the possibility that Africa will return home. What does Tycho tell him?

3. What does Angela know that she keeps from her mother?

4. What is Tycho's reaction to whom he and Angela encounter as they walk along the street?

5. Dido's usual style of parenting is described as ______.

(see the answer key)

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