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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, The Dragon's Cave.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Angela has an idea of what she and Tycho can do for the day in Chapter 3. What does she propose?
(a) Skip their community-service project and go to the beach.
(b) Skip school and go to a concert.
(c) Write letters of protest to politicians.
(d) Skip their community-service project and go see a movie.

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

3. How does Tycho respond to Angela's threat regarding her plan?
(a) He knows she is serious, but he won't help her because it goes against his conscience.
(b) He is afraid that if he doesn't go along, the friendship will be ruined.
(c) He doesn't believe she will do what she says she will.
(d) He knows she is serious, so he agrees to help.

4. Tycho asks his mother where his name originated. What does his mother tell him?
(a) There is a star called Tycho, and his mother thought that was a romantic name.
(b) Her great-great-grandfather was named Tycho.
(c) She saw the name in a magazine at a doctor's office.
(d) She saw the name in an advertisement on television.

5. When Tycho tells his mother that he gave Angela $10 rather than buy a gift for the party, how does his mother react?
(a) She is angry and accuses him of never thinking of anyone but himself.
(b) She understands why Tycho chose to do so, once she hears the whole story.
(c) She is upset because she doesn't like Angela.
(d) She tells Tycho that because he has no gift, he cannot go to the party.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Angela and Tycho arrive at the scene of the car accident, who asks for their help?

2. In Chapter 11, what book is Tycho reading?

3. When Tycho wakes up the morning after the party, his family is not there. Why?

4. As Angela and Tycho are leaving the house, his mother reminds him to buy a present for Africa. Why?

5. During Angela's midnight visit to Tycho's, she tells him he must never _____.

(see the answer key)

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