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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Colin Singleton doing at the opening of the novel?
(a) Swimming in the ocean.
(b) Sitting in a classroom.
(c) Wandering in the city park.
(d) Taking a bath.

2. How many times has this same event occurred to Colin in the past?
(a) 5.
(b) 13.
(c) 0.
(d) 19.

3. What is Hassan's response to what Colin tells him?
(a) That Colin can move in with him.
(b) That it was a lousy job anyway.
(c) That the mouse was already dead.
(d) To snap out of it.

4. Where do Colin and Hassan stop to sleep?
(a) A motel.
(b) A rest stop.
(c) Hassan's aunt's house.
(d) A campground.

5. Who is Hassan?
(a) Colin's friend.
(b) The neighborhood brat.
(c) Colin's father's boss.
(d) Colin's boss.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Colin's father say about Colin's last girlfriend?

2. What does Colin tell Hassan?

3. What does the narrator say about the fable, "The Tortoise and the Hare"?

4. To what status does Colin refer when speaking to Hassan?

5. Where does the psychologist work that Colin's parents consult?

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