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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Hassan and Lindsey doing when Colin joins them?
(a) Watching poker on t.v.
(b) Giving the dog a bath.
(c) Playing dominoes.
(d) Creating a work schedule.

2. What do Hassan and Lindsey decide to play?
(a) A trivia game.
(b) Billiards.
(c) Gin.
(d) A video game.

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

4. Where does the psychologist work that Colin's parents consult?
(a) Michigan State.
(b) University of Chicago.
(c) Stanford.
(d) MIT.

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

6. How is the person in the grave the boys visit portrayed?
(a) As compassionate.
(b) As brilliant.
(c) As genius falling short.
(d) As nerdy.

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

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

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

10. In what area does Colin not excel at school?
(a) Biology.
(b) Art.
(c) Athletics.
(d) Social.

11. What does Hassan propose to Colin's parents?
(a) That he and Colin take a road trip.
(b) That Colin needs to get his own place.
(c) That Colin needs to break the Katherine cycle.
(d) That Colin needs to relax over the summer.

12. Why does Hassan say his proposal is necessary?
(a) To break Colin out of his negative pattern with girls.
(b) To get Colin out of his depression.
(c) So Colin can learn to take responsibility for himself.
(d) Because geniuses tend to overwork.

13. Who is Katherine?
(a) The name of all of Colin's ex-girlfriends.
(b) Colin's older sister.
(c) Colin's mother.
(d) Colin's favorite aunt.

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

15. What does Colin say genius is?
(a) The need to approval.
(b) The drive for fulfillment.
(c) As genius does.
(d) An overrated idea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Colin tell Hassan?

2. What theorem is Colin developing?

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

4. What happens as Colin is walking behind the convenience store?

5. For how long has Starnes lived in Gutshot?

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