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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16, The Catalogue of the Universe.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tycho says people avoided him when he was younger because ___.
(a) His mother is mean.
(b) His father is disabled.
(c) They were afraid he would be rude to them.
(d) Richard spread lies about him.

2. Angela tells Tycho about her evening. She says she has been at a bar called ____.
(a) Haydon's.
(b) Hudson's.
(c) Harvie's.
(d) Hamden's.

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

4. In Chapter 16, Angela receives a surprise telephone call from _____.
(a) Her grandmother, Roland's mother.
(b) Africa.
(c) Robin.
(d) Roland.

5. When Tycho arrives home from his outing with Angela, he finds his family discussing ____.
(a) Whether they will go to the party.
(b) What type of liquor they will take to the party later in the evening.
(c) Who else will be at the party.
(d) Richard's refusal to go to the party.

Short Answer Questions

1. Richard says it wouldn't be fair to their parents if Africa moves back home. Why?

2. The morning after the middle-of-the-night phone call, why does Richard go into Tycho's room?

3. When Richard and Tycho's father arrives home, they are in the middle of an argument. What is the argument about?

4. While Tycho and his mother are talking in the kitchen, what is his mother doing?

5. When Angela finds out where her father lives, what does she do?

(see the answer key)

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