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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Midnight Appointments.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Africa's son is named ____.
(a) Hamish.
(b) Henry.
(c) Hamry.
(d) Hamlet.

2. Angela has an idea of what she and Tycho can do for the day in Chapter 3. What does she propose?
(a) Skip their community-service project and go see a movie.
(b) Skip school and go to a concert.
(c) Skip their community-service project and go to the beach.
(d) Write letters of protest to politicians.

3. Angela wants Tycho to agree that wanting to meet her father is reasonable. What does Tycho say in response?
(a) "It's reasonable to want to know who your parents are. But that doesn't mean they'll want to know who you are."
(b) "What's the point in being reasonable when it doesn't get you what you want?"
(c) "It's reasonable. But is it realistic?"
(d) "What's the use of being reasonable when no one else is?"

4. What reason does Dido give for being worried about Angela driving the car on the winding road home?
(a) Dido thinks Angela is not a very careful driver.
(b) The road is dangerous, with a lot of traffic.
(c) The road is too dark, and Dido is worried that Angela will get lost.
(d) The car is not insured, and she is worried it will break down.

5. 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 isn't planning to stay there very much longer.
(c) She can't afford it.
(d) She is too much of a cheapskate.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the first scene in the novel, Angela is awakened by ____.

2. Tycho counts the hours until _____.

3. Near the end of Chapter 8 Tycho agrees to ______.

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

5. At the beginning of Chapter 7, when Angela wakes up the morning after seeing her father, what does she decide to do?

(see the answer key)

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