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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Colin tell Hassan?
(a) That Colin has lost his job.
(b) That the mouse will die of heat if left in the mailbox.
(c) That Colin's father has told Colin to move out.
(d) That Katherine the XIX dumped him.

2. Why does the tour guide take off her tee shirt?
(a) To get a tan.
(b) It is so hot outside.
(c) To shake out a wasp that had crawled inside.
(d) To apply pressure to Colin's wound.

3. What does Hollis want Hassan and Colin to do the next day?
(a) Interview people and ask only four questions.
(b) Fix one of the machines in the string factory.
(c) Groom the horses.
(d) Take the dog for a run.

4. Who is Hollis?
(a) The store clerk's mother.
(b) A hitchhiker Colin and Hassan pick up.
(c) Another clerk in the convenience store.
(d) Another tourist visiting the gravesite.

5. How much pay could Colin and Hollis earn at the factory?
(a) 500 a week plus room and board.
(b) 300 a week plus room and board.
(c) 200 a week plus room and board.
(d) 500 a month plus room and board.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Colin seem to notice in almost everything around him?

2. What is significant about the person whose grave they visit?

3. What does Colin do as he is waiting on the ground behind the convenience store?

4. Where are Colin's parents when they are first mentioned?

5. What theorem is Colin developing?

(see the answer key)

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