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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Encounters in a Changing Street.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Richard and Tycho describe Africa?
(a) A good mother.
(b) An intellectual.
(c) A silly girl.
(d) A drama queen.

2. In the first scene in the novel, Angela is awakened by ____.
(a) Moonlight through the window.
(b) A cat meowing.
(c) The sound of a lawn mower.
(d) Rain.

3. Angela's mother says she values two things in her life, _____ and Angela.
(a) Art.
(b) Creativity.
(c) Tycho.
(d) Solitude.

4. Richard goads Tycho about the quote, "Nothing exists but atoms and the void," saying he is ____.
(a) So middle class.
(b) So naive.
(c) So boring.
(d) So ridiculous.

5. What sound does Angela hear when she wakes up?
(a) Her mother scything the grass.
(b) Her mother mowing the grass.
(c) Her mother talking to herself.
(d) Her mother playing the harp.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tycho refers to his past attempts to impress people by making them think he was ____.

2. Africa's husband's name is ____.

3. How does the man Angela believes is her father react when he sees her?

4. What philosopher does Tycho mention in Chapter 4?

5. The morning after the middle-of-the-night phone call, why does Richard go into Tycho's room?

(see the answer key)

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