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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 is Colin Singleton doing at the opening of the novel?
(a) Wandering in the city park.
(b) Sitting in a classroom.
(c) Swimming in the ocean.
(d) Taking a bath.

2. 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.

3. For how long has Starnes lived in Gutshot?
(a) A few months.
(b) A few years.
(c) Since he was forty-one.
(d) His whole life.

4. Why does the tour guide take off her tee shirt?
(a) To shake out a wasp that had crawled inside.
(b) It is so hot outside.
(c) To get a tan.
(d) To apply pressure to Colin's wound.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Hollis?

2. What does Colin do when he goes into his bathroom after talking to his father?

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

4. What does Colin hear as he wakes the next morning?

5. What does Colin overhear Hassan and Lindsey discussing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When did Colin meet Hassan and to what does Colin relate most of his thoughts?

3. Why does Colin call his mother?

4. How does Colin respond to what his father tells him when Colin gets out of the shower?

5. What do Hassan and Colin discuss concerning prodigies and geniuses?

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

7. What does Hollis say Colin and Hassan will do for their job?

8. Whose grave is advertised when Colin and Hassan decide to exit off the interstate?

9. What does Colin think about as he is lying on the ground waiting for the tour guide to return?

10. What was Colin's first date with Katherine IXI?

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