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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, A Road of Blood and Flowers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Both Angela and Tycho think that Dido doesn't renovate the house because ____.
(a) She enjoys a lifestyle that is inefficient and prone to difficulty.
(b) She can't afford it.
(c) She is too much of a cheapskate.
(d) She isn't planning to stay there very much longer.

2. In Chapter 7, which character says, "I'm so used to it, I forget it can be changed"?
(a) Roland.
(b) Dido.
(c) Tycho.
(d) Angela.

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. Angela looks to Tycho to affirm that her curiosity about her father is natural. How does he respond?
(a) Tycho says natural curiosity should be explored.
(b) Tycho says he doesn't understand why Angela doesn't just leave the past in the past.
(c) Tycho says that giving in to natural curiosity doesn't always bring about hoped-for results.
(d) Tycho says Angela is being obsessive.

5. Dido's usual style of parenting is described as ______.
(a) Involved and interested.
(b) Interfering.
(c) Overbearing.
(d) Hands off and noninterfering.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Richard and Tycho describe Africa?

2. Tycho compares common sense and ______.

3. Richard jokes that Africa's husband should have ____.

4. Angela says she has also seen her father another time. Where?

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

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