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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Angela wants Tycho to agree that wanting to meet her father is reasonable. What does Tycho say in response?
(a) "What's the use of being reasonable when no one else is?"
(b) "It's reasonable to want to know who your parents are. But that doesn't mean they'll want to know who you are."
(c) "What's the point in being reasonable when it doesn't get you what you want?"
(d) "It's reasonable. But is it realistic?"

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

3. What does Angela do when the two men enter the building she and Tycho are in?
(a) Turns her back.
(b) Pretends she doesn't see the two men.
(c) Starts talking to Tycho and ignores the men.
(d) Removes her sunglasses and stares at one of the men.

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

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

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

7. Chapter 4 reveals that, with respect to Robin, Tycho feels ____.
(a) Jealous.
(b) Guilty.
(c) Intimidated.
(d) Admiration.

8. How does Angela rationalize her father's reaction to seeing her?
(a) She convinces herself that her father is just shocked to see her.
(b) She thinks perhaps she is mistaken and the man isn't really her father.
(c) She says it is understandable that he wouldn't acknowledge her in public.
(d) She convinces herself that her father didn't recognize her.

9. Angela tells Dido that the night before, she and Robin went to hear a band at ____.
(a) The Gladiator.
(b) The Gladstone.
(c) The Gladheart.
(d) The Victoria Club.

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

11. Angela's best friend's name is ___.
(a) Tycho.
(b) Tyler.
(c) Robert.
(d) Robin.

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

13. In Chapter 7, which character says, "I'm so used to it, I forget it can be changed"?
(a) Tycho.
(b) Roland.
(c) Dido.
(d) Angela.

14. According to Tycho, what property does truth have?
(a) Truth is impossible.
(b) Truth hurts.
(c) Truth is the opposite of imagination.
(d) Truth wobbles.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. While Angela and her mother are having breakfast, Dido interrogates Angela about ____.

3. How does the man Angela believes is her father react when he sees her?

4. Angela likes to hear the story of the relationship between her mother and father because it makes her feel ____.

5. Angela says she has also seen her father another time. Where?

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