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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tycho do while Angela is in the bathroom?
(a) Calls Dido.
(b) Looks through her purse.
(c) Fixes her a drink.
(d) Fixes them a snack.

2. As Tycho and Angela talk over the events of the last few days, they make a decision about their relationship. What do they decide?
(a) To pretend nothing has happened between them.
(b) To tell Dido so she wouldn't worry about Robin's influence on Angela anymore.
(c) To see other people.
(d) To keep their new relationship a secret for a while.

3. The morning after the party Angela makes suggestions about how Tycho could improve _____.
(a) His posture.
(b) His attitude.
(c) His hair style and clothing.
(d) His diction.

4. When Tycho wakes up the morning after the party, his family is not there. Why?
(a) They've been in an accident.
(b) His father has become ill, and the family stayed at Africa's overnight.
(c) They've gone shopping.
(d) They've gone on vacation.

5. After Angela calls Dido in Chapter 13, she and Tycho decide to walk to her house because _____.
(a) Angela's car is in the shop for servicing.
(b) Richard refuses to let Tycho use the car.
(c) Tycho's car is broken down.
(d) It is Saturday morning, and there are no buses until later.

6. When Roland finally agrees to speak with Angela, how does he refer to her?
(a) Mademoiselle.
(b) Dido May's daughter.
(c) Ms. May.
(d) Angela.

7. In Chapter 12, which character says, "Chance favors the prepared mind"?
(a) Tycho.
(b) Richard.
(c) Roland.
(d) Angela.

8. Tycho asks his mother where his name originated. What does his mother tell him?
(a) Her great-great-grandfather was named Tycho.
(b) She saw the name in an advertisement on television.
(c) She saw the name in a magazine at a doctor's office.
(d) There is a star called Tycho, and his mother thought that was a romantic name.

9. When Tycho's family goes to the party, he is home alone and suddenly feels ____.
(a) Comfortable; he loves the solitude.
(b) Uncomfortable with the silence in the house.
(c) Afraid and nervous.
(d) Free of his family and happy.

10. What does Angela reveal to Tycho that she spent the $10 he gave her on?
(a) A gift for him.
(b) Drinks at the bar.
(c) A taxi ride to Tycho's house.
(d) A taxi ride to the bar.

11. What traumatic event happens just after Tycho and Angela spot a car they think is Dido's as they walk toward her house?
(a) The car crashes into one of the uprights on the bridge.
(b) The car plummets off the bridge.
(c) The car speeds up and passes by them.
(d) The car catches fire.

12. Tycho tells his mother he doesn't want to go to the party. What excuse does he first give?
(a) That he has a headache.
(b) There is an eclipse that he wants to watch.
(c) There is a good movie on television that he doesn't want to miss.
(d) There is an occultation of two of Jupiter's moons that he wants to see.

13. During their phone call, Dido tells Tycho that she is worried. What is she worried about?
(a) That Angela will not forgive her for the mistruths she has told about Roland.
(b) That Angela might harm herself.
(c) That Angela has run away.
(d) That Angela has been in an accident.

14. When Tycho finally gets home at the end of the book, who does he meet as he is coming through the gate to his house?
(a) Hamish.
(b) Africa.
(c) Richard.
(d) Hudson.

15. Dido finally tells Angela the truth about how she and Roland parted. What does she say?
(a) Roland promised to divorce his wife so he could marry Dido.
(b) Roland promised to marry her but then disappeared to Australia, and Dido has not seen him since.
(c) Dido broke up the relationship because she didn't love Roland.
(d) Roland joined the Army, and she didn't know where he was.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Tycho and his mother are talking in the kitchen, what is his mother doing?

2. How does Chapter 12 end?

3. Once he gets off the phone with Dido, Tycho goes outside. What is he planning to do?

4. How does Roland initially act toward Angela in Chapter 9?

5. At the end of Chapter 9, Angela refuses to take a ride home with Tycho. He gives her $10 and leaves. Where does he go?

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