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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What day of the week in November does Theo visit Currier?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Wednesday.

2. What is by the road that causes a traffic jam when Theo and Robin go back to the cabin after their camping trip for Robin's birthday?
(a) Wild turkeys.
(b) Herd of deer.
(c) Black bears.
(d) Grizzly bears.

3. When is Robin's bedtime when he is nine?
(a) 9.
(b) 8.
(c) 9:30.
(d) 8:30.

4. On page 1, when do Theo and Robin set up a scope on the deck?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Winter.

5. On page 6, how long does it take Theo and Robin to drive down from the cabin?
(a) Almost an hour.
(b) 90 minutes.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) About 45 minutes.

6. After Robin took so long to fall asleep, what time did he get to school on page 66?
(a) 9.
(b) 10:30.
(c) 9:30.
(d) 10.

7. How much money does Robin from his paintings at his first farmers' market?
(a) $762.
(b) $1,012.
(c) $980.
(d) $817.

8. What was the name of the family dog before Alyssa died?
(a) Winston.
(b) Percival.
(c) Chester.
(d) August.

9. How long were Theo and Alyssa married before she died?
(a) 12 years.
(b) 11 1/2 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 9 1/2 years.

10. On page 2, how long has Theo pulled Robin from school?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 4 days.
(d) A week.

11. How long before Robin's birthday campout was he suspended?
(a) 5 weeks.
(b) 2 months.
(c) A month.
(d) 9 weeks.

12. What do Currier and his assistants call Robin?
(a) Scholar boy.
(b) Brain Boy.
(c) Boy Wonder.
(d) Brainbox.

13. What is the first color that a dot changes to during an early DecNef session?
(a) Rose.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

14. How many stars does Theo tell Robin there are?
(a) 100 googol.
(b) 100 centillion.
(c) 100 millinillion.
(d) 100 octillion.

15. How did Theo's parents raise him?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Baptist.
(c) Lutheran.
(d) Episcopalian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What day and month did Alyssa die?

2. How big of an area did Aly's NGO cover?

3. What do people think ran in front of Alyssa's car and made her swerve?

4. After Theo switches off the light and Robin wakes on page 63, how long does it take to get him to fall back asleep?

5. About how many flowering plants are in the woods where Theo and Robin camp on his birthday?

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