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

2. Tycho confides to Angela that when he was younger he had a reputation as ____.
(a) Crazy.
(b) Subnormal.
(c) Too mature.
(d) Shy.

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

4. What sound does Angela hear when she wakes up?
(a) Her mother scything the grass.
(b) Her mother mowing the grass.
(c) Her mother talking to herself.
(d) Her mother playing the harp.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Angela brings up the idea of a reconciliation between her parents, her mother rejects the idea. Why?

3. In Chapter 2, who makes an early-morning phone call?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Mr. Potter is portrayed as someone who is unsure of his position in the family. Describe how the author establishes this.

3. In Chapter 4, Tycho puts forth an interesting idea about truth. Describe what he thinks about truth.

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

5. When Angela tentatively brings up the idea of a possible reunion between Dido and her father, how does Dido react?

6. 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?

7. Angela asks for Tycho's help in carrying out her plan to confront her father in his office. What does her asking Tycho, rather than someone else or rather than going to the office alone, tell us?

8. In Chapter 1, Dido and Angela have a conversation about Dido's relationship with Angela's father. How does Dido portray the relationship?

9. Angela and Tycho come from entirely different worlds it seems. Compare the differences in their family lives.

10. It is clear, in the conversation Angela and Tycho have in the gully after their community service project, that Tycho has been affected by his father's disability. How do we know this?

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