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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Colin do when Hassan pulls off the road after they leave the factory?
(a) Meditates in a field of daisies.
(b) Calls Katherine the XIX.
(c) Gathers a bunch of daisies.
(d) Writes a short poem.

2. What does the tour guide saying she is training to become?
(a) A car mechanic.
(b) A beautician.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A paramedic.

3. What does the narrator say about the fable, "The Tortoise and the Hare"?
(a) That Colin could read the story but not grasp its underlying meaning.
(b) That Colin was like the hare in that he was always in a hurry.
(c) That Colin was akin to the tortoise in his studies.
(d) That it inspires Colin from an early age.

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

5. What does Colin think about as he is lying on the ground?
(a) Meeting his first Katherine.
(b) The night of graduation.
(c) Working in a convenience store.
(d) Becoming a tour guide.

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

7. What has just happened to Colin?
(a) He's just been dumped by his girlfriend.
(b) His teacher just woke him by slamming a book on his desk.
(c) He was harassed by some bullies.
(d) He was just scared by a large shark.

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

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

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

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

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

13. What is Colin reminded of by the smell at the first person's house that the three young people go to for interviews?
(a) His first ride in a car.
(b) The abandoned home of a wealthy eccentric man in Colin's hometown.
(c) His grandmother's house.
(d) Katherine IXI's basement.

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

15. Where do Colin and Hassan go after talking to Colin's parents?
(a) To the beach.
(b) To Hassan's house.
(c) To the basement to work on a new invention Colin has thought of.
(d) To the movies.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Hollis recognize Colin?

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

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

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