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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. As Angela and Tycho are leaving the house, his mother reminds him to buy a present for Africa. Why?
(a) It is her baby's birthday.
(b) It is her second wedding anniversary.
(c) It is her first wedding anniversary.
(d) It is her birthday.

2. What is Richard's reaction to the news that Africa is coming home?
(a) He is happy because he misses her.
(b) He is anxious because he doesn't like her baby.
(c) He is angry because he doesn't want to share a room with Tycho.
(d) He is annoyed because she is noisy.

3. How is the man Angela believes to be her father described in Chapter 5?
(a) Happy-go-lucky.
(b) A gentle person.
(c) Well-groomed but unattractive.
(d) A rich, successful, well-dressed businessman.

4. Tycho is surprised when he watches Richard dressing. Why?
(a) Richard is dressing in his best clothes.
(b) Richard is wearing a tie.
(c) Richard puts on a pair of his father's socks.
(d) Richard puts on a pair of clean briefs and then a pair of old ones with holes over top.

5. In Chapter 3, how is Richard described?
(a) Rebellious but good-hearted.
(b) Lazy but kind.
(c) Easygoing with an ironic sense of humor.
(d) Rebellious, irresponsible, and selfish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tycho's reaction to whom he and Angela encounter as they walk along the street?

2. Angela's mother says she couldn't stay with Angela's father because ____.

3. Angela's mother's name is ____.

4. When Angela asks her mother to tell her how her parents met, her mother says it was ____.

5. Richard goads Tycho about the quote, "Nothing exists but atoms and the void," saying he is ____.

(see the answer key)

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