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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hollis want Hassan and Colin to do the next day?
(a) Take the dog for a run.
(b) Fix one of the machines in the string factory.
(c) Groom the horses.
(d) Interview people and ask only four questions.

2. 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.

3. What does Colin say is a result of his nearsightedness?
(a) The ability to block out distractions.
(b) His continual tripping.
(c) The need to wear really thick glasses.
(d) The inability to see the future.

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

5. Whose grave do Colin and Hassan decide to stop at?
(a) Flannery O'Connor.
(b) Margaret Mitchell.
(c) Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
(d) Faulkner.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what area does Colin not excel at school?

2. Why does Hollis recognize Colin?

3. How many employees do Hassan and Colin interview at the plant that day?

4. What does Lindsey convince Colin to let her do?

5. When does Colin first meet Hassan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Colin talks to Katherine and what does he do as a result of the conversation?

2. What is Colin doing at the opening of the novel and what is he upset about?

3. What is the notebook that Colin sketches in while waiting for the tour guide to return?

4. Where does Lindsey go after interviewing Starnes?

5. What does Colin decide to do while waiting for dinner?

6. How does Colin keep himself awake while driving and why is that ironic?

7. Where does the tour of the famous grave begin and who gives the tour?

8. What happened when Colin's parents enroll him in a pre-school?

9. What do all of Colin's former girlfriends have in common besides having dated Colin?

10. What does Hassan do in order to be able to go back to the Hollis home earlier than they are supposed to?

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