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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Africa's husband's name is ____.
(a) Hamish.
(b) Harrison.
(c) Hudson.
(d) Harvey.

3. How is the man Angela believes to be her father described in Chapter 5?
(a) Happy-go-lucky.
(b) Well-groomed but unattractive.
(c) A gentle person.
(d) A rich, successful, well-dressed businessman.

4. In Chapter 3, how is Richard described?
(a) Easygoing with an ironic sense of humor.
(b) Rebellious, irresponsible, and selfish.
(c) Rebellious but good-hearted.
(d) Lazy but kind.

5. Which is the eldest of the siblings in Tycho's family?
(a) Tycho.
(b) Africa.
(c) They are triplets.
(d) Richard.

6. What is Angela's nickname for her best friend?
(a) Tai.
(b) Tyko.
(c) Pal.
(d) Tyke.

7. How does Tycho respond to Angela's threat regarding her plan?
(a) He knows she is serious, but he won't help her because it goes against his conscience.
(b) He doesn't believe she will do what she says she will.
(c) He is afraid that if he doesn't go along, the friendship will be ruined.
(d) He knows she is serious, so he agrees to help.

8. What is Angela's response when the man she believes is her father reacts the way he does?
(a) She starts to cry.
(b) She sighs a sigh of relief.
(c) She gets angry.
(d) She makes a joke to Tycho about how they resemble each other.

9. 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 fellowship.
(d) The broken-home gang.

10. 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 use of being reasonable when no one else is?"
(c) "It's reasonable. But is it realistic?"
(d) "What's the point in being reasonable when it doesn't get you what you want?"

11. Dido used to tell Angela a story about a young girl. What was the girl's name?
(a) Roland Chase.
(b) Angela Foster.
(c) Dido Roland.
(d) Angela Roland.

12. What does Angela threaten when she hears what Tycho has to say about her plan?
(a) That she respects his opinion, and if he wants to leave, she will still be his friend regardless.
(b) That if Tycho won't support her plan, she will just come back another day.
(c) That she will spread gossip about Tycho if he doesn't go along with the plan.
(d) That the friendship will be over if Tycho doesn't support her plan.

13. When Angela looks out the window at the beginning of the book, she sees her mother ___.
(a) In her nightgown.
(b) In her car.
(c) In her underwear.
(d) In her jogging suit.

14. Africa changes her story in the second phone call. What does she say?
(a) Her husband isn't even home.
(b) She actually hit her husband.
(c) Her husband didn't hit her; he threatened to hit her.
(d) Her husband hit the baby.

15. At the beginning of Chapter 7, when Angela wakes up the morning after seeing her father, what does she decide to do?
(a) To ask her mother to tell her the whole story about the relationship between Dido and Roland.
(b) To go back to the venue where she saw him the day before.
(c) To write him a letter.
(d) To go to his office and confront him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, which character says, "I'm so used to it, I forget it can be changed"?

2. What philosopher does Tycho mention in Chapter 4?

3. When Angela asks her mother to tell her how her parents met, her mother says it was ____.

4. Angela tells Dido that the night before, she and Robin went to hear a band at ____.

5. How does Tycho know that Angela's explanation about the two men who came out of the building is a lie?

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