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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. How do other children treat Colin in his first few years of school?
(a) They use him.
(b) They follow him.
(c) They bully him.
(d) They ignore him.

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

3. What does Lindsey convince Colin to let her do?
(a) Talk to Katherine XII.
(b) Go with him to the movies.
(c) Play him a song about lost love.
(d) Hold his notebook for a few days.

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

5. What does Hassan take Colin to do at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) Play baseball with some other friends.
(b) Look for a new girlfriend.
(c) Research at the library.
(d) Improve Colin's state of mind.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Hassan do in order to go back to Hollis' house early?

3. Why does Colin call his mother?

4. What does Colin's father say he, his mother and Katherine all have in common?

5. For how many years has Starnes worked at the same place?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Lindsey go after interviewing Starnes?

2. What does Hollis offer Hassan and Colin?

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

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

5. Why does Colin call his mother?

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

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

8. Who is waiting for Colin when he gets out of the shower and what do they tell Colin?

9. What do Lindsey and Colin discuss before bedtime?

10. Why does Hassan seem to think that Colin's problem is spiritual?

(see the answer keys)

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