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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hollis invite the boys to do?
(a) Stay at their farm for a couple weeks.
(b) Have dinner at her house.
(c) Participate in a contest at the local fair.
(d) Try to solve a puzzle she gives them.

2. To what status does Colin refer when speaking to Hassan?
(a) Colin's status as a track star.
(b) Colin's status as the nineteenth Colin in his family.
(c) Colin's status as a prodigy.
(d) Colin's status as an only child.

3. In what State do Colin and Hassan stop for their first rest?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) West Virginia.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Kansas.

4. What does Colin's father say he, his mother and Katherine all have in common?
(a) Worry about Colin.
(b) The belief that something better will happen for Colin.
(c) The idea that Colin should change jobs.
(d) The idea that Colin should go away to college.

5. Where does Lindsey take Colin and Hassan on their first day of working?
(a) The barn.
(b) Old man Starnes' house.
(c) The mechanical room.
(d) They old balers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Hollis?

2. Why does the tour guide take off her tee shirt?

3. What is Hassan's response to what Colin tells him?

4. What theorem is Colin developing?

5. In what grade is Colin when he meets his first Katherine?

(see the answer key)

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