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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. Tycho compares common sense and ______.
(a) Realism.
(b) Fantasy.
(c) Imagination.
(d) Truth.

2. In Chapter 4, which character speaks the line: "Where do we go from here?"
(a) Tycho.
(b) Dido.
(c) Robin.
(d) Angela.

3. Chapter 4 reveals that, with respect to Robin, Tycho feels ____.
(a) Guilty.
(b) Jealous.
(c) Intimidated.
(d) Admiration.

4. Tycho counts the hours until _____.
(a) He has to go to school.
(b) He has to go to work.
(c) He will see Angela again.
(d) He can leave home for good.

5. What is the significance, in Chapter 3, of the quote, "Nothing exists but atoms and the void."
(a) Tycho's father is an atomic scientist.
(b) Tycho has pinned this quote over his bed.
(c) Angela has given Tycho a card with this quote on it.
(d) Tycho quotes this to Richard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Angela has an idea of what she and Tycho can do for the day in Chapter 3. What does she propose?

2. Angela sense that Tycho's mother doesn't approve of her. What does she do?

3. Richard tells his father that both he and Tycho feel _____ toward Africa.

4. Tycho says people avoided him when he was younger because ___.

5. What is Richard's reaction to the news that Africa is coming home?

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