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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How do Richard and Tycho describe Africa?
(a) An intellectual.
(b) A good mother.
(c) A silly girl.
(d) A drama queen.
2. According to Tycho, what property does truth have?
(a) Truth is the opposite of imagination.
(b) Truth wobbles.
(c) Truth is impossible.
(d) Truth hurts.
3. Being from a single-parent family, Angela considers herself part of _____.
(a) Nothing; she doesn't really think about it.
(b) The missing-parent group.
(c) The broken-home gang.
(d) The broken-home fellowship.
4. What reasoning does Angela initially give Tycho about her plan regarding her father?
(a) She says she is attempting to meet her father for her mother's sake.
(b) She says she wants only to have him see her face to face.
(c) She says that her father has always been a stranger and should remain so.
(d) She says she wants only to hear him say her name.
5. Both Angela and Tycho think that Dido doesn't renovate the house because ____.
(a) She isn't planning to stay there very much longer.
(b) She can't afford it.
(c) She enjoys a lifestyle that is inefficient and prone to difficulty.
(d) She is too much of a cheapskate.
6. What motivates Angela to search for her father?
(a) She wants to ask him for financial help for her and her mother.
(b) She senses that her mother wants to reunite with her father.
(c) She senses her mother is not telling her the whole truth.
(d) She wants to find out for sure if her father is dead.
7. Robin and Angela make plans to meet later at the ____.
(a) Cemetary.
(b) Cafe near the school.
(c) Dance.
(d) Usual spot.
8. Tycho says people avoided him when he was younger because ___.
(a) His mother is mean.
(b) His father is disabled.
(c) Richard spread lies about him.
(d) They were afraid he would be rude to them.
9. 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 too dark, and Dido is worried that Angela will get lost.
(c) The road is dangerous, with a lot of traffic.
(d) The car is not insured, and she is worried it will break down.
10. In Chapter 4, which character speaks the line: "Where do we go from here?"
(a) Robin.
(b) Dido.
(c) Tycho.
(d) Angela.
11. Tycho is surprised when he watches Richard dressing. Why?
(a) Richard is dressing in his best clothes.
(b) Richard puts on a pair of his father's socks.
(c) Richard puts on a pair of clean briefs and then a pair of old ones with holes over top.
(d) Richard is wearing a tie.
12. Angela says she has also seen her father another time. Where?
(a) In his office.
(b) Walking on the street with his wife.
(c) Walking on the street with a young woman.
(d) At the library.
13. While Angela and her mother are having breakfast, Dido interrogates Angela about ____.
(a) What Angela did the night before.
(b) Why Angela is trying to meet her father.
(c) Robin's character.
(d) What Angela plans to do that day.
14. Angela tells Tycho that she first tried to find her father by ____.
(a) Googling his name.
(b) Asking her mother for details.
(c) Consulting the phone book.
(d) Hiring a private investigator.
15. Angela likes to hear the story of the relationship between her mother and father because it makes her feel ____.
(a) Chosen and wanted.
(b) Carefree.
(c) Less anxious.
(d) Happy.
Short Answer Questions
1. What philosopher does Tycho mention in Chapter 4?
2. Angela's mother says she values two things in her life, _____ and Angela.
3. Dido's usual style of parenting is described as ______.
4. As Angela and Tycho are leaving the house, his mother reminds him to buy a present for Africa. Why?
5. How does Tycho respond to Angela's threat regarding her plan?
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