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The Catalogue of the Universe Quiz

Margaret Mahy
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The Catalogue of the Universe Quiz

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1)

What motivates Angela to search for her father? (from Chapter 6, On Being a Child of Love)

She wants to find out for sure if her father is dead.
She senses that her mother wants to reunite with her father.
She wants to ask him for financial help for her and her mother.
She senses her mother is not telling her the whole truth.
2)

Dido explains why she didn't answer the phone the previous night. What does she say? (from Chapter 15, Three-Minute Hero)

Angela must have dialed a wrong number.
She took the phone off the hook so she could sleep.
She was angry at Angela and didn't want to speak with her.
She was out for a walk and missed the call.
3)

At the beginning of Chapter 7, when Angela wakes up the morning after seeing her father, what does she decide to do? (from Chapter 7, A Road of Blood and Flowers)

To ask her mother to tell her the whole story about the relationship between Dido and Roland.
To write him a letter.
To go back to the venue where she saw him the day before.
To go to his office and confront him.
4)

How does Angela rationalize her father's reaction to seeing her? (from Chapter 6, On Being a Child of Love)

She thinks perhaps she is mistaken and the man isn't really her father.
She says it is understandable that he wouldn't acknowledge her in public.
She convinces herself that her father is just shocked to see her.
She convinces herself that her father didn't recognize her.
5)

Both Angela and Tycho think that Dido doesn't renovate the house because ____. (from Chapter 7, A Road of Blood and Flowers)

She is too much of a cheapskate.
She isn't planning to stay there very much longer.
She enjoys a lifestyle that is inefficient and prone to difficulty.
She can't afford it.
6)

Who keeps staring at Angela while she waits in Roland's office? (from Chapter 9, Foreign Relations)

The security guard.
Roland's business partner.
No one; she is alone.
The receptionist.
7)

In Chapter 15, what does Angela do to help one of the accident victims? (from Chapter 15, Three-Minute Hero)

Cuts his shirt off with a knife.
Calls the ambulance.
Gives him CPR.
Holds a wet cloth against his wounds.
8)

Before the surprise phone call Angela receives, Dido has started to tell her about the past. What has she learned about the caller? (from Chapter 16, The Catalogue of the Universe)

Africa is having an affair.
Roland disappeared to Australia when he found out Dido was pregnant.
Her grandmother offered Dido money to have an abortion when she was pregnant with Angela.
Roland is not actually her father.
9)

How does Chapter 8 end? (from Chapter 8, Events Are the Stuff of the World)

Angela gets out of the car and walks toward her father's office.
Tycho drives away and leaves Angela alone.
Tycho falls asleep while waiting for Angela to come back.
Angela gets out of the car, changes her mind, and gets back in.
10)

What has Tycho advised Angela to do about her father? (from Chapter 7, A Road of Blood and Flowers)

Send him a letter.
Telephone him and ask if the two can meet.
Ask her mother to set up a meeting.
Write him off and forget about him.
11)

While Angela was at the bar, what was she drinking? (from Chapter 12, A Step Up in the World)

Broken angels.
Vodka twists.
Fallen angels.
Falling stars.
12)

Roland seems to know that Angela is shocked by what he has told her. What does he say to try to make her feel better? (from Chapter 9, Foreign Relations)

He says he wouldn't have been an asset in her life, and she is better off with just Dido as a parent.
He tells her he has tried to contact her through the years, but Dido refuses to let him see her.
He tells her that he is sorry for what has happened and asks her to forgive him.
He tells her that he did love Dido at the time that Angela was conceived.
13)

What reason does Dido give for being worried about Angela driving the car on the winding road home? (from Chapter 7, A Road of Blood and Flowers)

The car is not insured, and she is worried it will break down.
The road is too dark, and Dido is worried that Angela will get lost.
The road is dangerous, with a lot of traffic.
Dido thinks Angela is not a very careful driver.
14)

Despite her anger with Dido about Roland in Chapter 13, Angela bursts into tears when she finds out _____. (from Chapter 13, A Leap into the Abyss)

The car is totalled, but Dido has escaped with only minor injuries.
Dido is badly hurt in the accident.
Dido's is trapped in the car, but she is unharmed.
Dido is not in the car.
15)

Angela wants Tycho to agree that wanting to meet her father is reasonable. What does Tycho say in response? (from Chapter 6, On Being a Child of Love)

"It's reasonable to want to know who your parents are. But that doesn't mean they'll want to know who you are."
"What's the point in being reasonable when it doesn't get you what you want?"
"What's the use of being reasonable when no one else is?"
"It's reasonable. But is it realistic?"
16)

While Tycho's family is at the party, who telephones the house near midnight? (from Chapter 11, Midnight Appointments)

Tycho's mother.
Angela.
Richard.
Africa.
17)

What traumatic event happens just after Tycho and Angela spot a car they think is Dido's as they walk toward her house? (from Chapter 13, A Leap into the Abyss)

The car catches fire.
The car plummets off the bridge.
The car speeds up and passes by them.
The car crashes into one of the uprights on the bridge.
18)

Tycho asks his mother where his name originated. What does his mother tell him? (from Chapter 10, Mrs. Potter Rolls a Cigarette)

She saw the name in a magazine at a doctor's office.
Her great-great-grandfather was named Tycho.
There is a star called Tycho, and his mother thought that was a romantic name.
She saw the name in an advertisement on television.
19)

When Angela and Tycho arrive at the scene of the car accident, who asks for their help? (from Chapter 14, The Dragon's Cave)

Phil.
The police officer.
A stranger who has also stopped to help.
Jerry.
20)

In Chapter 16, Angela receives a surprise telephone call from _____. (from Chapter 16, The Catalogue of the Universe)

Roland.
Robin.
Her grandmother, Roland's mother.
Africa.
21)

Near the end of Chapter 8 Tycho agrees to ______. (from Chapter 8, Events Are the Stuff of the World)

Wait in the car for Angela.
Pick Angela up in an hour.
Come back later, alone, and speak to Roland.
Come back later with Angela.
22)

Dido asks Tycho a pointed question during their telephone call. What does she ask? (from Chapter 11, Midnight Appointments)

She asks whether Tycho was aware of Angela's plan to meet Roland.
She asks if Tycho has a crush on Angela.
She asks if Tycho thinks Robin is a suitable match for Angela.
She asks if Tycho had given Angela the idea of trying to meet Roland.
23)

When Angela tells Roland about growing up poor, what does he disclose to her? (from Chapter 9, Foreign Relations)

That Dido refused to take money from him for Angela.
That he doesn't really care about what she's experienced.
That he didn't even know she existed.
That he never sent child support payments to Dido.
24)

As Tycho hangs up the phone after the late night call while his family is at the party, what startles him? (from Chapter 11, Midnight Appointments)

The radio suddenly turns itself on.
Angela is standing behind him.
A noise in the attic.
His mother is standing behind him.
25)

Angela says she has also seen her father another time. Where? (from Chapter 6, On Being a Child of Love)

Walking on the street with a young woman.
At the library.
In his office.
Walking on the street with his wife.
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