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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Angela sense that Tycho's mother doesn't approve of her. What does she do?
(a) Angela is excessively polite to Mrs. Potter.
(b) Angela ignores Mrs. Potter.
(c) Angela pretends Mrs. Potter is invisible.
(d) Angela flirts with Mr. Potter.

6. 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.

7. Africa's parents do not pick her up because ____.
(a) She and her husband make up.
(b) She lives too far away.
(c) She decides to go to a friend's house.
(d) It's too early.

8. How does the man Angela believes is her father react when he sees her?
(a) He gapes at her in disbelief and then turns his back.
(b) He smiles and then goes back out the door.
(c) Nothing; he doesn't see her.
(d) He gapes at her in disbelief and then asks her name.

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

10. Angela says she has also seen her father another time. Where?
(a) At the library.
(b) Walking on the street with a young woman.
(c) In his office.
(d) Walking on the street with his wife.

11. Angela's mother says she couldn't stay with Angela's father because ____.
(a) He was married.
(b) He didn't love her.
(c) He didn't know she was pregnant.
(d) He was moving to Wales.

12. What is the significance, in Chapter 3, of the quote, "Nothing exists but atoms and the void."
(a) Tycho's father is an atomic scientist.
(b) Angela has given Tycho a card with this quote on it.
(c) Tycho quotes this to Richard.
(d) Tycho has pinned this quote over his bed.

13. What philosopher does Tycho mention in Chapter 4?
(a) Pythagoras.
(b) Marx.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Galileo.

14. Chapter 3 reveals that Tycho's mother is effectively the head of the household. Why?
(a) Mr. Potter is rarely home.
(b) Mr. Potter is mentally ill.
(c) Mr. Potter is disabled because of an accident.
(d) Mrs. Potter is overbearing and controlling, and no one will stand up to her, including Mr. Potter.

15. Who drives the car in Chapter 8?
(a) Jason.
(b) Richard.
(c) Tycho.
(d) Angela.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the man Angela believes to be her father described in Chapter 5?

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

3. Both Angela and Tycho think that Dido doesn't renovate the house because ____.

4. According to Tycho, what property does truth have?

5. Angela looks to Tycho to affirm that her curiosity about her father is natural. How does he respond?

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