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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, A Leap into the Abyss.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Tycho tells his mother he doesn't want to go to the party. What excuse does he first give?
(a) There is an occultation of two of Jupiter's moons that he wants to see.
(b) There is a good movie on television that he doesn't want to miss.
(c) There is an eclipse that he wants to watch.
(d) That he has a headache.

3. Where is the building the two men emerge from?
(a) At the edge of a dark woods.
(b) Beside a deep pond.
(c) At the convergence of three roads.
(d) At a fork between two roads.

4. In Chapter 11, who does Tycho decide to make a phone call to?
(a) Richard.
(b) Dido.
(c) Tony.
(d) Angela.

5. Tcyho and Angela park the car in Chapter 5, and as they are walking down the street, whom do they encounter?
(a) A group of misfits with motorcycles.
(b) A rough-looking man with a wheelbarrow.
(c) A group of misfits on bicycles.
(d) Robin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tycho's reaction to whom he and Angela encounter as they walk along the street?

2. In Chapter 12, which character says, "Chance favors the prepared mind"?

3. What does Angela threaten when she hears what Tycho has to say about her plan?

4. What motivates Angela to search for her father?

5. Why does Tycho respond to Angela's plan regarding her father in the way he initially does?

(see the answer key)

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