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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, On Being a Child of Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What motivates Angela to search for her father?
(a) She senses that her mother wants to reunite with her father.
(b) She senses her mother is not telling her the whole truth.
(c) She wants to find out for sure if her father is dead.
(d) She wants to ask him for financial help for her and her mother.

2. Africa's parents do not pick her up because ____.
(a) She lives too far away.
(b) It's too early.
(c) She decides to go to a friend's house.
(d) She and her husband make up.

3. When Angela finds out where her father lives, what does she do?
(a) Goes to his house and rings the bell.
(b) Goes to his house and stands outside.
(c) Nothing; she is afraid to actually face her father.
(d) Phones him.

4. Tycho refers to his past attempts to impress people by making them think he was ____.
(a) Funny.
(b) Friendly.
(c) Smart.
(d) Good at sports.

5. How do Richard and Tycho describe Africa?
(a) An intellectual.
(b) A good mother.
(c) A silly girl.
(d) A drama queen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Africa changes her story in the second phone call. What does she say?

2. What is the significance, in Chapter 3, of the quote, "Nothing exists but atoms and the void."

3. In Chapter 4, which character speaks the line: "Where do we go from here?"

4. What does Angela do when the two men enter the building she and Tycho are in?

5. In Chapter 3, how is Tycho portrayed?

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