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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Colin's pre-school tell his parents?
(a) That they were not equipped to work with geniuses.
(b) That Colin is emotionally challenged.
(c) That Colin is a great asset to the school.
(d) That Colin needs to tone down his behavior.

2. What does the factory manufacture that is owned by Hollis' family?
(a) Tarpon nets.
(b) Tampon strings.
(c) Climbing ropes.
(d) Bungee cords.

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

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

5. Who is Hassan?
(a) Colin's friend.
(b) Colin's father's boss.
(c) Colin's boss.
(d) The neighborhood brat.

6. What does Lindsey convince Colin to let her do?
(a) Talk to Katherine XII.
(b) Go with him to the movies.
(c) Play him a song about lost love.
(d) Hold his notebook for a few days.

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

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

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

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

11. What theorem is Colin developing?
(a) The Theorem of Latitude Probability.
(b) The Theorem of Now.
(c) The Theorem of the Multi-colored Ducks.
(d) The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability.

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

13. What does the tour guide see written in Colin's notebook?
(a) The words "Ipso facto."
(b) K-19.
(c) A poem written in German.
(d) A picture of Katherine I.

14. What does Hollis invite the boys to do?
(a) Try to solve a puzzle she gives them.
(b) Participate in a contest at the local fair.
(c) Have dinner at her house.
(d) Stay at their farm for a couple weeks.

15. What does Hassan take Colin to do at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) Research at the library.
(b) Play baseball with some other friends.
(c) Improve Colin's state of mind.
(d) Look for a new girlfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hassan use to convince his parents of the reasonableness of his idea for Colin and him?

2. How long does Colin spend alone in his room?

3. What does Colin do for the first time since he and Katherine XIX broke up?

4. Where do Colin and Hassan stop to sleep?

5. What does Colin tell his parents when he calls them?

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