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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What philosopher does Tycho mention in Chapter 4?
(a) Pythagoras.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Galileo.
(d) Marx.

2. Tycho refers to his past attempts to impress people by making them think he was ____.
(a) Good at sports.
(b) Smart.
(c) Friendly.
(d) Funny.

3. Chapter 8 makes clear that Tycho has another reason for responding to Angela's plan as he does. What is the other reason?
(a) He thinks Robin will be upset with him for helping Angela.
(b) He thinks Angela's father is self-absorbed.
(c) He thinks Dido will be upset with him for helping Angela.
(d) He is afraid Angela's father will represent competition for her attention and affections.

4. When Angela asks her mother to tell her how her parents met, her mother says it was ____.
(a) An accident.
(b) Romantic.
(c) Like a movie.
(d) Like a fairy tale.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Being from a single-parent family, Angela considers herself part of _____.

2. Tcyho and Angela park the car in Chapter 5, and as they are walking down the street, whom do they encounter?

3. When Tycho points out that her father doesn't seem very happy to see Angela, how does she react?

4. What is the purpose of the early-morning phone call in Chapter 2?

5. Angela's mother's name is ____.

Short Essay Questions

1. Dido asks Angela, during the picnic breakfast, why she doesn't date Tycho rather than Robin. Why? How does Angela respond?

2. Angela is aware that Mrs. Potter does not like her. How is this demonstrated when she visits Tycho the day after Africa's phone call?

3. In Chapter 1, Dido and Angela have a conversation about Dido's relationship with Angela's father. How does Dido portray the relationship?

4. The day after Angela sees Roland in the coffee shop, she wakes up with a new determination. What is she determined to do?

5. While Tycho waits for Angela to return from her father's office, he reads a book. What is the book about, and how does it mirror the events in the novel itself?

6. While Dido and Angela are having a picnic breakfast, Angela becomes angry at her mother. Why? What does she accuse her mother of?

7. When Angela tentatively brings up the idea of a possible reunion between Dido and her father, how does Dido react?

8. In Chapter 2, what evidence does the author give that demonstrates the sibling rivalry between Tycho and his brother and sister?

9. In Chapter 7, how does the author make clear that Angela has a somewhat romanticized idea of Roland?

10. What does Angela tell Tycho about the men they see in the coffee shop, and how does he respond?

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