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

2. Why does Colin believe he is past the prime of his life?
(a) Because he cannot imagine meeting a 20th Katherine.
(b) Because he finds a gray hair in his head.
(c) Because he lost a debate to a kid who is younger than he.
(d) Because prodigies generally peak at 12 or 13 years.

3. How many employees do Hassan and Colin interview at the plant that day?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 27.
(d) 10.

4. For how many years has Starnes worked at the same place?
(a) 10.
(b) Just a couple months.
(c) 33.
(d) 60.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Lindsey take Colin and Hassan on their first day of working?

3. What does Colin's pre-school tell his parents?

4. What does Colin overhear Hassan and Lindsey discussing?

5. What does Hollis want Hassan and Colin to do the next day?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Lindsey go after interviewing Starnes?

2. Who is in the convenience store when Colin and Hassan return from the grave and what does the person say to Colin?

3. What does Hassan propose to Colin's parents and what do they reply?

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

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

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

7. What does Hollis offer Hassan and Colin?

8. What do Lindsey and Colin discuss before bedtime?

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

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

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