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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When it is clear that Tycho is going to try to help the person trapped in the car, how does Angela initially react?
(a) She faints.
(b) She is angry at Tycho for playing hero.
(c) She says Tycho is a hero.
(d) She says it is too late and pleads with him to stay clear of the car.

2. How does Chapter 12 end?
(a) Tycho takes Angela home.
(b) Tycho's mother comes home and finds Angela there.
(c) Angela falls asleep on the sofa.
(d) Angela and Tycho go to bed together.

3. Tycho tries to tend to the accident victim's injuries. How?
(a) He gives the victim mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
(b) He uses the t-shirt Angela gave him as a tourniquet.
(c) He checks to see if the victim is coherent and lucid.
(d) He puts an ice pack on the victim's arm.

4. Before Tycho and Angela leave for her house in Chapter 13, what do they do?
(a) Call Tycho's parents.
(b) Tidy up and have tea.
(c) Sweep the floor and feed the cat.
(d) Tidy up and eat bagels.

5. Who interrupts the discussion between Angela and Roland?
(a) Roland's mother.
(b) The receptionist.
(c) Roland's mother-in-law.
(d) Tycho.

6. When Tycho finally gets home at the end of the book, who does he meet as he is coming through the gate to his house?
(a) Richard.
(b) Hamish.
(c) Hudson.
(d) Africa.

7. What traumatic event happens just after Tycho and Angela spot a car they think is Dido's as they walk toward her house?
(a) The car speeds up and passes by them.
(b) The car catches fire.
(c) The car plummets off the bridge.
(d) The car crashes into one of the uprights on the bridge.

8. Who do Angela and Tycho discover sitting in the brush beside the car?
(a) Albert Cherry.
(b) Jerry Cherry.
(c) Phil Cherry.
(d) Dido.

9. Dido finally tells Angela the truth about how she and Roland parted. What does she say?
(a) Dido broke up the relationship because she didn't love Roland.
(b) Roland promised to divorce his wife so he could marry Dido.
(c) Roland promised to marry her but then disappeared to Australia, and Dido has not seen him since.
(d) Roland joined the Army, and she didn't know where he was.

10. In Chapter 15, what does Angela do to help one of the accident victims?
(a) Calls the ambulance.
(b) Gives him CPR.
(c) Holds a wet cloth against his wounds.
(d) Cuts his shirt off with a knife.

11. When Angela wakes up after her evening in the bar, she realizes ____.
(a) She has forgotten to call her mother.
(b) She has left her purse at the bar.
(c) She has forgotten to call Tycho.
(d) She has a hangover.

12. When Tycho arrives home from his outing with Angela, he finds his family discussing ____.
(a) Whether they will go to the party.
(b) Who else will be at the party.
(c) What type of liquor they will take to the party later in the evening.
(d) Richard's refusal to go to the party.

13. Early in the novel, Tycho made a prediction, which he now learns has come true. What did he predict?
(a) Africa would reunite with Hudson.
(b) Hamish would soon have a little brother or sister.
(c) Africa would move back home.
(d) Hudson would hit Africa.

14. Tycho's mother expresses her opinion of Angela. What does she say?
(a) Angela is unfriendly and negative.
(b) Angela is from a broken home, so she is unstable.
(c) Angela is just using Tycho.
(d) Angela is stuck-up.

15. As Tycho and Angela talk over the events of the last few days, they make a decision about their relationship. What do they decide?
(a) To keep their new relationship a secret for a while.
(b) To see other people.
(c) To pretend nothing has happened between them.
(d) To tell Dido so she wouldn't worry about Robin's influence on Angela anymore.

Short Answer Questions

1. IN Chapter 11, why did Dido call Tycho earlier in the day?

2. As Chapter 14 opens, what is Angela doing?

3. In Chapter 12, what revelation does Angela make to Tycho that surprises him?

4. Tycho asks his mother where his name originated. What does his mother tell him?

5. Tycho's mother knows Tycho has a crush on Angela. What does she tell him?

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