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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reasoning does Angela initially give Tycho about her plan regarding her father?
(a) She says she wants only to hear him say her name.
(b) She says she wants only to have him see her face to face.
(c) She says she is attempting to meet her father for her mother's sake.
(d) She says that her father has always been a stranger and should remain so.

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 annoyed because she is noisy.
(c) He is angry because he doesn't want to share a room with Tycho.
(d) He is happy because he misses her.

3. In Chapter 8, Angela meets up with Tycho again, and tells him ____.
(a) That she is going to forget about trying to meet her father.
(b) About her plan to go to her father's office.
(c) About her idea that Roland is not really her father.
(d) That Dido and Angela had an argument.

4. Why does Tycho respond to Angela's plan regarding her father in the way he initially does?
(a) He suspects Roland is not her father, and he doesn't want her to be embarrassed.
(b) He is afraid Angela will get hurt if her father rejects her again.
(c) He thinks Angela is just being self-absorbed.
(d) He thinks Dido will be upset and not let him see Angela anymore.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Angela's mother says she values two things in her life, _____ and Angela.

2. Tcyho and Angela park the car in Chapter 5, and as they are walking down the street, whom do they encounter?

3. In the first scene in the novel, Angela is awakened by ____.

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

5. How does Tycho respond to Angela's threat regarding her plan?

Short Essay Questions

1. The day after Angela sees Roland in the coffee shop, she wakes up with a new determination. What is she determined to do?

2. What secret is Angela keeping from her mother in Chapter 1?

3. Describe the conversation Tycho and Richard have about Africa and what that reveals about their distinct characters.

4. While Tycho waits for Angela to return from her father's office, he reads a book. What is the book about, and how does it mirror the events in the novel itself?

5. When Tycho attempts to talk Angela out of her plan to visit her father's office, Angela's response gives the reader an idea of how well she actually understands Tycho. How is this made clear?

6. Dido asks Angela, during the picnic breakfast, why she doesn't date Tycho rather than Robin. Why? How does Angela respond?

7. What is the significance of the quote, "Where do we go from here?" at the end of Chapter 4?

8. After seeing Roland, Angela recounts how she went about finding out about him. What does she tell Tycho?

9. Although Tycho's brother Richard appears only a few times in the novel, in Chapter 2, he is described in some detail. How is Richard's character portrayed?

10. In Chapter 2, what evidence does the author give that demonstrates the sibling rivalry between Tycho and his brother and sister?

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