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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will Colin and Hassan do in their job that summer?
(a) Cutting fibers.
(b) Keeping the baling machines working.
(c) Running the machines in the factory.
(d) Interviews.

2. Why does Colin believe he is past the prime of his life?
(a) Because he finds a gray hair in his head.
(b) Because prodigies generally peak at 12 or 13 years.
(c) Because he cannot imagine meeting a 20th Katherine.
(d) Because he lost a debate to a kid who is younger than he.

3. What story does the convenience clerk tell Hassan and Colin?
(a) About her mechanic's course at the tech school.
(b) About her paramedic training.
(c) About her grandmother who was a medium.
(d) About the Archduke's death.

4. What does Colin decide to burn?
(a) His last letter from Katherine XIX.
(b) A poem he wrote Katherine I.
(c) All his letters from his previous Katherines.
(d) His theorem notebook.

5. Where does Hollis drive after visiting the factory?
(a) Paducah.
(b) Memphis.
(c) Chattanooga.
(d) Nashville.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hassan do in order to go back to Hollis' house early?

2. What does Hassan think is the answer to Colin's problems?

3. What has just happened to Colin?

4. Where does Lindsey take Colin that is a secret?

5. What does Colin do for an hour in the car at their next interview site?

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