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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Richard's reaction to the news that Africa is coming home?
(a) He is happy because he misses her.
(b) He is anxious because he doesn't like her baby.
(c) He is angry because he doesn't want to share a room with Tycho.
(d) He is annoyed because she is noisy.

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

3. What does Angela know that she keeps from her mother?
(a) That her mother is lying.
(b) Her father's home address and place of business.
(c) That her father has contacted her.
(d) Her father's wife's name.

4. In Chapter 4, which character speaks the line: "Where do we go from here?"
(a) Angela.
(b) Robin.
(c) Tycho.
(d) Dido.

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

6. Richard tells his father that both he and Tycho feel _____ toward Africa.
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Love.
(d) Affection.

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

8. When Robin offers to pick Angela up later in the day, she refuses. Why?
(a) She is afraid Robin will insult Dido.
(b) She is not going home after she and Tycho part.
(c) She is afraid Dido will insult Robin.
(d) Dido won't let her have the car if Robin picks her up.

9. How does Chapter 8 end?
(a) Angela gets out of the car, changes her mind, and gets back in.
(b) Tycho falls asleep while waiting for Angela to come back.
(c) Tycho drives away and leaves Angela alone.
(d) Angela gets out of the car and walks toward her father's office.

10. Tycho refers to his past attempts to impress people by making them think he was ____.
(a) Friendly.
(b) Funny.
(c) Good at sports.
(d) Smart.

11. Robin and Angela make plans to meet later at the ____.
(a) Cemetary.
(b) Cafe near the school.
(c) Usual spot.
(d) Dance.

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

13. Tycho is surprised when he watches Richard dressing. Why?
(a) Richard is wearing a tie.
(b) Richard puts on a pair of his father's socks.
(c) Richard is dressing in his best clothes.
(d) Richard puts on a pair of clean briefs and then a pair of old ones with holes over top.

14. In Chapter 2, who makes an early-morning phone call?
(a) Richard.
(b) Tycho.
(c) Africa.
(d) Angela.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What reasoning does Angela initially give Tycho about her plan regarding her father?

2. Angela sense that Tycho's mother doesn't approve of her. What does she do?

3. What is Angela's nickname for her best friend?

4. What does Angela say that indicates she has romanticized the relationship between her mother and father?

5. Tycho confides to Angela that when he was younger he had a reputation as ____.

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