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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Wobble in the Cemetery of the World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What philosophical idea does Tycho discuss with Angela?
(a) That the world is only an idea.
(b) That truth is only an idea.
(c) That the earth revolves around the sun.
(d) That the world is symmetrical.

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

3. Angela's mother says she couldn't stay with Angela's father because ____.
(a) He didn't love her.
(b) He was moving to Wales.
(c) He was married.
(d) He didn't know she was pregnant.

4. When Angela looks out the window at the beginning of the book, she sees her mother ___.
(a) In her underwear.
(b) In her car.
(c) In her nightgown.
(d) In her jogging suit.

5. In Chapter 2, who makes an early-morning phone call?
(a) Tycho.
(b) Richard.
(c) Angela.
(d) Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Richard is groaning about the possibility that Africa will return home. What does Tycho tell him?

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

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

4. How do Richard and Tycho describe Africa?

5. Tycho counts the hours until _____.

(see the answer key)

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