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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. Why does Hollis recognize Colin?
(a) From a book Colin wrote.
(b) From a game show.
(c) She does not recognize Colin.
(d) From a video game Colin wrote.

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

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

4. What does Colin think about as he is lying on the ground?
(a) Meeting his first Katherine.
(b) The night of graduation.
(c) Becoming a tour guide.
(d) Working in a convenience store.

5. What will Colin and Hassan do in their job that summer?
(a) Interviews.
(b) Keeping the baling machines working.
(c) Cutting fibers.
(d) Running the machines in the factory.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Hassan propose to Colin's parents?

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

4. To what status does Colin refer when speaking to Hassan?

5. What are Hassan and Lindsey doing when Colin joins them?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Colin call his mother?

4. What does Hollis offer Hassan and Colin?

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

6. Where does Lindsey go after interviewing Starnes?

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

8. What are Colin and Hassan supposed to do that day and what do they accomplish?

9. What do Lindsey and Colin discuss before bedtime?

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

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