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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What has Tycho advised Angela to do about her father?
2. Africa's husband's name is ____.
3. Why does Tycho respond to Angela's plan regarding her father in the way he initially does?
4. Angela points out a sign on a building to Tycho. What does the sign say?
5. Richard tells his father that both he and Tycho feel _____ toward Africa.
Short Essay Questions
1. While Dido and Angela are having a picnic breakfast, Angela becomes angry at her mother. Why? What does she accuse her mother of?
2. Angela and Tycho come from entirely different worlds it seems. Compare the differences in their family lives.
3. It is clear, in the conversation Angela and Tycho have in the gully after their community service project, that Tycho has been affected by his father's disability. How do we know this?
4. Dido asks Angela, during the picnic breakfast, why she doesn't date Tycho rather than Robin. Why? How does Angela respond?
5. What does Angela tell Tycho about the men they see in the coffee shop, and how does he respond?
6. The day after Angela sees Roland in the coffee shop, she wakes up with a new determination. What is she determined to do?
7. Describe the scene in which Tycho and his family are introduced in the second chapter.
8. 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?
9. Describe Tycho's reaction when he and Angela encounter a group of men with motorcycles as they are on their way to the secret location.
10. What happens when Angela and Tycho come to a coffee bar on the street?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Richard and Tycho are portrayed as two very different characters, but in some ways they are also quite similar. Discuss both their difference and their similarities (especially with respect to their attitudes toward Africa).
Essay Topic 2
During the picnic breakfast Angela and Dido have, what do we learn about the kind of relationship that exists between the two of them? Do you get a positive impression of Dido from this scene? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 6, Tycho and Angela discuss her determination to have Roland acknowledge her. A number of things are revealed during this chapter about Angela's personality. For instance, although overall she seems very responsible and down-to-earth, this chapter reveals that she also harbors romantic illusions about Roland. Using concrete examples from the text, discuss how this romantic side of her nature is illustrated by the author.
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