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

2. The morning after the middle-of-the-night phone call, why does Richard go into Tycho's room?
(a) Richard's clothes are still in Tycho's room.
(b) He wants to complain about their sister.
(c) He wants to borrow money.
(d) He wants to wake Tycho up.

3. What philosopher does Tycho mention in Chapter 4?
(a) Galileo.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Pythagoras.
(d) Marx.

4. Richard jokes that Africa's husband should have ____.
(a) Drove her to her parents himself.
(b) Hit her harder, to knock her out.
(c) Left her.
(d) Apologized.

5. What is the purpose of the early-morning phone call in Chapter 2?
(a) Africa has had an argument with her husband and wants her parents to call the police.
(b) Angela wants Tycho to help her find her father.
(c) Angela wants to tell Tycho about her conversation with her mother.
(d) Africa has had an argument with her husband and wants her parents to come and get her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the eldest of the siblings in Tycho's family?

2. What sound does Angela hear when she wakes up?

3. Angela's best friend's name is ___.

4. What philosophical idea does Tycho discuss with Angela?

5. In Chapter 3, how is Tycho portrayed?

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