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

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

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

4. What story does the convenience clerk tell Hassan and Colin?
(a) About the Archduke's death.
(b) About her grandmother who was a medium.
(c) About her paramedic training.
(d) About her mechanic's course at the tech school.

5. What does Colin do for the first time since he and Katherine XIX broke up?
(a) Refuses to answer a call from Katherine.
(b) Starts thinking about his next girlfriend.
(c) Cries.
(d) Shrugs his shoulders and appears less attached.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the tour guide see written in Colin's notebook?

2. What does the tour guide saying she is training to become?

3. Who is working at the convenience store when Colin and Hassan drop off Lindsey there?

4. Why do the boys stop at a convenience store?

5. How is the person in the grave the boys visit portrayed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Colin as they are following their tour guide behind the store and who helps him?

2. Where does Lindsey go after interviewing Starnes?

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

4. What does Starnes say when Colin, Hassan and Linsey interview him?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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