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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much pay could Colin and Hollis earn at the factory?
(a) 500 a month plus room and board.
(b) 300 a week plus room and board.
(c) 200 a week plus room and board.
(d) 500 a week plus room and board.

2. What does Colin read over and over while alone in his room?
(a) His yearbook.
(b) A few poems he wrote for his last girlfriend.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A poem his last girlfriend wrote for him.

3. From where did Starnes retire?
(a) He was a self-employed farmer.
(b) He is a self-employed writer and still works.
(c) The factory in Gutshot.
(d) The sheriff's office.

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Hollis recognize Colin?
(a) From a game show.
(b) From a video game Colin wrote.
(c) From a book Colin wrote.
(d) She does not recognize Colin.

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

11. What do Colin and Lindsey discuss when she checks on Colin?
(a) Probability.
(b) Popularity.
(c) Providence.
(d) Possibility.

12. What does Hassan think is the answer to Colin's problems?
(a) A more varied workout.
(b) A belief in God.
(c) A unique invention.
(d) A girlfriend with another name.

13. To what status does Colin refer when speaking to Hassan?
(a) Colin's status as an only child.
(b) Colin's status as a track star.
(c) Colin's status as the nineteenth Colin in his family.
(d) Colin's status as a prodigy.

14. Who is Zeke?
(a) Lindsey's cousin.
(b) The Hollis' dog.
(c) The plant manager.
(d) The school administrator.

15. What was the name of the tour guides first and only boyfriend?
(a) She has never had a boyfriend.
(b) Colin.
(c) Hassan.
(d) Dewey.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Colin first meet Hassan?

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

3. Where do Colin and Hassan decide to go after gaining permission from their parents?

4. How old was Colin when he started reading on his own?

5. What does Colin remember about his third grade tutor?

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