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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are Colin's parents when they are first mentioned?
(a) Swimming in the ocean also.
(b) Sitting on his bed.
(c) Looking at the pictures of Colin ex-girlfriends on his wall.
(d) Down in the basement fighting about Colin.

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

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

4. Who is working at the convenience store when Colin and Hassan drop off Lindsey there?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her boyfriend.
(c) No one; it's been closed.
(d) Her sister.

5. What does Colin do as he is waiting on the ground behind the convenience store?
(a) Sketches in a small notebook.
(b) Plays cards with Hassan.
(c) Calls his mother.
(d) Calls Katherine XIX.

6. Who is going to be teaching at summer camp?
(a) Zeke.
(b) Hassan after they get back.
(c) Lindsey.
(d) Katherine.

7. What does Hassan do after waking?
(a) Takes a run.
(b) Writes in his journal.
(c) Prays.
(d) Calls his parents.

8. How old was Colin when he started reading on his own?
(a) 16 months.
(b) 25 months.
(c) 6 years.
(d) 3 years.

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

10. How many employees do Hassan and Colin interview at the plant that day?
(a) 5.
(b) 27.
(c) 10.
(d) 3.

11. What does Hassan want when he first wakes?
(a) Coffee.
(b) A donut.
(c) To know what time it is.
(d) Toothpaste.

12. What does Hassan do in order to go back to Hollis' house early?
(a) Asks to used Lindsey's computer.
(b) Fakes an asthma attack.
(c) Pretends to sprain his ankle.
(d) Fakes indigestion.

13. What do Colin and Katherine IXI do in her basement after the coffee shop?
(a) Play a video game.
(b) Watch a movie about prodigies.
(c) Play air hockey.
(d) Watch a documetary about whales.

14. For how long has Starnes lived in Gutshot?
(a) A few years.
(b) A few months.
(c) His whole life.
(d) Since he was forty-one.

15. When does Colin first meet Hassan?
(a) 10th grade.
(b) 9th grade.
(c) 3rd grade.
(d) 7th grade.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Colin and Lindsey discuss when she checks on Colin?

2. What do Hassan and Lindsey decide to play?

3. When does the latest Katherine break up with Colin?

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

5. What does Colin's pre-school tell his parents?

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