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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Wobble in the Cemetery of the World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Angela and Tycho are leaving the house, his mother reminds him to buy a present for Africa. Why?
(a) It is her first wedding anniversary.
(b) It is her baby's birthday.
(c) It is her birthday.
(d) It is her second wedding anniversary.

2. Angela's mother says she values two things in her life, _____ and Angela.
(a) Art.
(b) Solitude.
(c) Creativity.
(d) Tycho.

3. How do Richard and Tycho describe Africa?
(a) A good mother.
(b) An intellectual.
(c) A drama queen.
(d) A silly girl.

4. Angela sense that Tycho's mother doesn't approve of her. What does she do?
(a) Angela ignores Mrs. Potter.
(b) Angela is excessively polite to Mrs. Potter.
(c) Angela pretends Mrs. Potter is invisible.
(d) Angela flirts with Mr. Potter.

5. When Robin offers to pick Angela up later in the day, she refuses. Why?
(a) She is afraid Robin will insult Dido.
(b) She is not going home after she and Tycho part.
(c) Dido won't let her have the car if Robin picks her up.
(d) She is afraid Dido will insult Robin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the significance, in Chapter 3, of the quote, "Nothing exists but atoms and the void."

2. When Angela asks her mother to tell her how her parents met, her mother says it was ____.

3. In Chapter 2, who makes an early-morning phone call?

4. Angela's boyfriend's name is ____.

5. Tycho says people avoided him when he was younger because ___.

(see the answer key)

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